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duplicity

noun
/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/

Etymology

From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.

  1. borrowed from duplex
  2. suffixed as duplicity — “duplex + ity”

Definitions

  1. Intentional deceptiveness

    Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

  2. The quality of being double or twofold.

    • For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for duplicity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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