two-facedness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

two-faced +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

two-facedness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being two-faced.
    • 2002, Sarah Waters, chapter 4, in Fingersmith, London: Virago, →ISBN, part 1, page 91:
      A servant says, ‘All for my master,’ and means, ‘All for myself’. It’s the two-facedness of it that I can’t bear.