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Knavery
//ˈneɪvəɹi// noun
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Noun
- 1 The antics or tricks of a knave; boyish mischief. countable, uncountable
"[…] Harry Monmouth, being in his right wittes and his good iudgements, turn'd away the fat Knight with the great belly doublet: he was full of ieſts, and gypes, and knaueries, and mockes; I haue forgot his name."
- 2 lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing wordnet
- 3 An unprincipled action; deceit. countable, uncountable
"Caſsio’s a proper man, let me ſee now, / To get his place and to make vp my will, / A double knauery—how, how,—let me see, […]"
Etymology
From knave + -ery.
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