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treachery

noun
/ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹi/

Etymology

From Middle English trecherie, from Old French tricherie, trecherie, from tricher, trichier (“to cheat”).

  1. derived from tricherie
  2. inherited from trecherie

Definitions

  1. Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith.

    • Suddenly, in the midst of high-camp treachery and sleuthery, each character does a star turn, breaking out in song.

  2. The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain.

  3. Treason.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An act or instance of treachery.

      • These submerged treacheries left an atmosphere. Even two such practised obliterators of their species as Bradly and Podson could not fail to note that each was secreting a certain reservation of opinion on the other.

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Derived

treacher, treacherous

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at treachery

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