double-tongued
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]double-tongued (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
- 1720, [Daniel Defoe], The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, of the Famous Captain Singleton, London: […] J. Brotherton, […], J. Graves […], A. Dodd, […], and T. Warner, […], →OCLC, page 279:
- Thou art but a double-tongu'd Chriſtian, I doubt: […]
Synonyms
[edit]- twi-tongued (archaic)
- two-tongued
Translations
[edit]deceitful in speech
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