hypocritic

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HYPOCRIT'IC HYPOCRIT'ICAL, adjective Simulating; counterfeiting a religions character; assuming a false and deceitful appearance; applied to persons. 1. Dissembling; concealing one's real character or motives. 2. Proceeding from hypocrisy, or marking hypocrisy; as a hypocritical face or look.
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