duplicity


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
duplicity /djuːˈplɪsɪti, djʊ-/
noun
  • 1 deceitfulness.
  • 2 archaic the quality of being double.
– origin ME: from OFr. duplicite or late L. duplicitas, from L. duplic- (see duplex).
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