double-tongued

[ duhb-uhl-tuhngd ]

adjective

1. deceitful; hypocritical.

double-tongued

adjective

1. deceitful or hypocritical in speech

Word History and Origins

Origin of double-tongued¹

1350–1400; Middle English dowble tungid

Example Sentences

But Hermes was angry because he was double-tongued, and struck him with his staff and changed him into a rock.

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Fig. 100 shows a "Double tongued and grooved" joint used in the wholesale cabinet factories.

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Its double-tongued fastener was twisted far awry, as if it had been wrenched away by violence.

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He's let each one think he was alone at the job to bring it round quicker; a double-tongued, double-dealing devil.

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Double-tongued is a common term of reproach, which rage might improve to triple-tongued.

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