Dissembler
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who dissembles.
"[T]he Earl vvas the vvorſe Philoſopher, being a great Reſenter and a vveak Diſſembler of the leaſt diſgrace: […]"
- 2 a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives wordnet
Example
More examples"[T]he Earl vvas the vvorſe Philoſopher, being a great Reſenter and a vveak Diſſembler of the leaſt diſgrace: […]"
Etymology
A modification of earlier dissimuler (from Middle English dissimulour) after resemble and semblance; equivalent to dissemble + -er.