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twifaced en · ADJ

Etymology

From twi- + faced.

Meanings

1. (archaic, poetic) Having two faces.
   • “E'en so, Æneas, do I swear by Stars, and Sea, and Earth, By twi-faced Janus, and the twins Latona brought to birth, […] 1876, Publius Vergilius Maro, The Æneids of Virgil, done into English verse by W. Morris, page 353:
   • These two of whom I tell, from their first hours. Or, like a twi-faced urn, which doth outflow With the same spring, […] 1860, B. P., Alice: and other poems, by B.P., page 2:
2. (obsolete) Two-faced; deceitful.
   • There is no time to measure motion by, There time is swallowed in eternity: Wry-mouth'd disdain, and corner-hunting lust, And twy-fac'd fraud, [...] 1861, Francis Quarles, Quarles' emblems:

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