Associations to the word «Duplicitous»

Wiktionary

DUPLICITOUS, adjective. Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

Dictionary definition

DUPLICITOUS, adjective. 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.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates