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Double-tongued

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech. idiomatic, not-comparable

    "Thou art but a double-tongu'd Chriſtian, I doubt: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of double-tongue form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued.

Etymology 2

From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued.

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