deceitfuladj.
/dɪˈsiːtfʊl/ Full of deceit; given to deceiving or cheating; misleading, false, fallacious. (As said of things often = deceptive adj.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > deceptive, misleading
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sinister1411
deceivousa1425
deceitful1483
fallacious1509
deceiving?a1513
falsesome1533
sophistical1558
misconceited1595
deceptive1611
abusable1660
self-deceptive1810
flambuginous1813
false1842
funny1903
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1483 Cath. Angl. 97 Desatefulle, vbi false.
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 202 Dissaitfull tyrand with serpentis tung vnstable.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vii. 52 Throw the dern wod dyssaitfull and onplane.
1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 104 A Deceiptfull and Subtile man.
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. iii. 19 Such deceitfull ballances may be discovered..by changing the weights.
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni 29 Appearances are deceitful.
1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) ix. §1. 113 They may be the most false and deceitful of human kind.
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