dissimulate
verb (used with object)
to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble.
dissimulator
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a word derived from
dissimulate.
Example Sentences
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"Possibly!" said the good lady; "it must indeed be a profound dissimulator to deceive /me/."
From Devereux — Volume 04 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
“It is not the trout one thinks of when one dines with Mrs. Dale,” said the infamous dissimulator.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
Mrs. Townly: I can complain about you every way because you are a dissimulator, while I am good, and reasonable.
From Spirit of Contradiction by Frank J. Morlock
"Yet we were friends for years," declared the dissimulator, folding his hands with a dreary shake of his head.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
He was no inveterate talker, like Sydney Smith; no clever dissimulator, like Mr. Hook.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 by Philip Wharton
