double-faced
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]double-faced (not comparable)
- Having two functional faces.
- a double-faced hammer
- deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous
- Synonym: two-faced
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
- Fame , if not double-faced , is double-mouthed ,
And with contrary blast proclaims most deed
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[edit]Translations
[edit]hypocritical; treacherous
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[edit]References
[edit]- “double-faced”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.