double-tongued


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double-tongued

double-tongued
\dou"ble-tongued`\ (?), a. making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful. likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. iii. 8.
double-tongued
adj : marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- israel zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- w.m.thackeray [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced]