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tergiversator|ˌtɜːdʒɪvəˈseɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. f. tergiversate: see -or; cf. late L. tergiversātor boggler, laggard.]
One who tergiversates; a renegade; a shuffler.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 225 The same learned Arian Tergiversator. 1829Southey Lett. (1856) IV. 129 [To] deliver King and country from a set of tergiversators. 1855J. Strang Glasgow & Clubs (1856) 485 Nothing better than a political recreant and tergiversator.
So tergiˈversatory a., shuffling, shifty.
1891Sat. Rev. 12 Sept. 295/2 The tergiversatory performances of Mr. ― and Mr. ―. |