deceitfulness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈsiːtfəlnəs/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English deceitful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deceitfulness From deceitful + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) 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.
1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts:'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 . . .'
1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 42, in Nicholas Nickleby:1903, Andy Adams, The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days, ch. 20 "A Moonlight Drive", The lanterns both rear and forward being always in sight, I was as much at sea as any one as to the length of the herd, knowing the deceitfulness of distance of campfires and other lights by night.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deceitfulnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
fraudulency · dissimulation · fraudulence · fraudulence · underhandedness · deceit · deceitfulness · trickery · underhandedness · duplicity · deceptiveness · perfidy · trickery
Translations (2)
af agterbaksheid (The state or quality of being deceitful) · pl fałsz (The state or quality of being deceitful)