double-facen.
a. (Properly two words, double face) ‘Duplicity; the acting of different parts in the same concern’ Webster 1828.
b. (ˈdouble-face), A double-faced person, a hypocrite.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [noun] > a hypocrite
hypocrite?c1225
dissimuler1386
whited (painted) sepulchre1388
dissimulator?a1513
dissembler1526
cafard1539
Tartuffe1688
hypocritic1818
Pecksniff1844
possum1846
slape-face1847
double-face1892
1892 Boy's Own Paper Nov. 55/3 Then you believe that uncle is a double-face.
1910 W. B. Yeats Green Helmet 29 You say that, you double-face.
c. = double-faced adj. 1b. Also as n., a fabric so finished.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > other
strait1439
flocked1607
high warp1728
shot1763
wattled1865
double-face1873
starey1884
loopy1902
wrung1902
multi-ply1926
1873 Young Englishwoman Sept. 442/2 The wide sash of double-face ribbon.
1966 Guardian 6 Sept. 6/6 A raglan coat, of white/nutbrown doubleface.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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