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deceitfulness

noun
/dɪˈsiːtfəlnəs/UK

Etymology

From deceitful + -ness.

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

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being deceitful

    The state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.

    • O full off all sutelte and disseytfulnes the chylde off the devyll, and the enemye of all righteousnes thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes off the lorde.
    • 'This is the hend, is it, of all my bearing with her deceitfulness, her lowness, her falseness, her laying herself out to catch the admiration of vulgar minds . . .'

The neighborhood

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