duplicity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/
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/duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/ · /dju-/
Definition of duplicity
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.
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(countable, uncountable)The quality of being double or twofold.
“For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]”
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Etymology
From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity.
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