Dissembler
121pharisee — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fraud, faker, dissembler; see bigot , hypocrite …
122Deceiver — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deceiver >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deceiver deceiver &c.(deceive &c. 545) ??? dissembler hypocrite Sgm: N 1 sophist sophist Pharisee Jesuit Mawworm Pecksniff Joseph Surface Tartufe Janus …
123Impiety — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impiety >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impiety impiety Sgm: N 1 sin sin &c. 945 Sgm: N 1 irreverence irreverence Sgm: N 1 profaneness profaneness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 profanity profanity …
124irony — [16] Irony has no etymological connection with iron. It comes via Latin īrōnia from Greek eirōneíā, which signified ‘deliberately pretending ignorance, particularly as a rhetorical device to get the better of one’s opponent in argument’. This was …
125hypocrite — (n.) c.1200, ypocrite, from O.Fr. ypocrite (12c., Mod.Fr. hypocrite), from Church L. hypocrita, from Gk. hypokrites stage actor, pretender, dissembler, from hypokrinesthai (see HYPOCRISY (Cf. hypocrisy)) …
126irony — {{11}}irony (adj.) of or resembling iron, late 14c., from IRON (Cf. iron) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). {{12}}irony (n.) c.1500, from L. ironia, from Gk. eironeia dissimulation, assumed ignorance, from eiron dissembler, perhaps related to eirein to speak …
127dissemble — [dɪ sɛmb(ə)l] verb hide or disguise one s true motives or feelings. Derivatives dissemblance noun dissembler noun Origin ME: alt. (suggested by semblance) of obs. dissimule, via OFr. from L. dissimulare disguise, conceal …
128irony — irony1 [ ʌɪrəni] noun (plural ironies) the expression of meaning through the use of language signifying the opposite, typically for humorous effect. ↘a state of affairs that appears perversely contrary to what one expects. ↘(also dramatic or… …
