dissemblingn.
The action of dissemble v.1; dissimulation.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]
foxingc1220
feignc1320
faintise1340
simulation1340
dissimulingc1374
likenessc1384
dissimulationc1386
coverture1393
dissemblationc1425
assimulationa1450
dissemblec1480
fiction1483
dissemblinga1500
irony1502
dissimulance1508
dissembly?c1550
blindation1588
counterfeisance1590
misseeming1590
supposing1596
dissemblance1602
guise1662
dissimulating1794
make-believe1794
representation1805
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
make-belief1837
pretence1862
make-believing1867
postiche1876
kid-stakes1916
smoke and mirrors1980
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1950 Al..ther gilt he knowith..and ȝhit he hyme with-drowith Them to repref..And this It is wich that dissemblyng hot.
1555 H. Latimer Let. 15 May in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. ii. xxxvi. 102 Suche Men had nede to take hede of their Desemblings and Clokings.
1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties iii. f. 132 False pretending, and dissembling [L. simulatio et dissimulatio].
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 26 The perpetual dissembling of offence.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother ii. i. 468 Flattery, the meanest kind of base dissembling.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iv. iii. 273 Wilful dissembling of a generous emotion is the way to suppress it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
dissemblingadj.
That dissembles; deceiving; hypocritical.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adjective]
whiteda1225
hypocritec1380
papelarda1500
dissimuling?1518
dissembling1526
Pharisaical1527
hypocritish1531
masking1538
hypocritic1540
hypocritely1541
hypocritical1553
mimic1591
transom-eyed1601
tonguey1612
sanctimoniousa1616
Pharisaica1618
crocodilian1632
hypocrital1658
canting1663
double-minded1727
Tartufish1768
dissimulating1794
dissimulative1802
sawneying1808
sham-Abra(ha)m1828
Tartuffian1872
Pecksniffian1874
mawwormish1883
Chadbandian1908
1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. B That most vnkynde and dissemblyng dysciple Iudas.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. x. C Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 104 What wicked and dissembling glasse, of mine, Made me compare with Hermias sphery eyen? View more context for this quotation
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 117 Double-hearted, dissembling, trickish..Men.
1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 52 A cunning and dissembling Countenance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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