trickinessn.
/ˈtrɪkɪnɪs/ The quality of being tricky; deceitfulness; also intricacy, complexity.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > quality of
swikeldoma1250
swikelhedea1250
falsehood1297
deceit1303
falsenessc1330
fraud?a1400
dolosity1401
guilefulnessa1425
feignedness1435
deceitfulness1509
deceivableness1526
knavishness1528
braidienessa1600
fallacy1641
trickiness1723
trickishness1788
deceptiveness1837
snakiness1842
sophistic1868
snakishness1901
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun] > complexity
involution1820
tortuosity1837
trickiness1885
1723 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. Allowing a child's prevaricating, and laughing at its little trickiness and cunning.
1868 Morning Star 19 June A good deal of trickiness in the matter of petitions has lately been discovered.
1885 Spectator 8 Aug. 1041/1 Even the brilliance of his literary expression is beginning to be suspected of trickiness.
1894 S. Baring-Gould Kitty Alone III. 56 Her simple mind..with no trickiness or dissimulation in it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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