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deceitful

adj
/dɪˈsiːtfʊl/UK

Etymology

From deceit + -ful.

  1. derived from decipio
  2. derived from deceite
  3. inherited from deceyte
  4. suffixed as deceitful — “deceit + ful”

Definitions

  1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.

    • All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.
    • Faithfull are the woundes of a friend : but the kiſſes of an enemy are deceitfull.
    • This world is all a fleeting show, / For man’s illusion given ; / The smiles of Joy, the tears of Woe, / Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — / There’s nothing true but Heaven !

  2. Deceptive, two-faced.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at deceitful. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at deceitful. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at deceitful

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA