double-tongued

[ duhb-uh l-tuhngd ]

/ ˈdʌb əlˈtʌŋd /

adjective

deceitful; hypocritical.

Words nearby double-tongued

double-tailed, double-talk, double-team, double-time, double-tongue, double-tongued, double-trailer truck, double-u, double-wide, doubleday, doubleganger

Origin of double-tongued

1350–1400; Middle English dowble tungid

Definition for double-tongued (2 of 2)

double-tongue

[ duhb-uh l-tuhng ]

/ ˈdʌb əlˌtʌŋ /

verb (used without object), dou·ble-tongued, dou·ble-tongu·ing. Music.

to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and k alternately, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.

Compare triple-tongue.

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Examples from the Web for double-tongued

This double-tongued talker is not unfrequently met with in public meetings.
Talkers|John Bate
But the double-tongued man, who blesses God and curses men, what does he receive?
The Expositor's Bible:|Alfred Plummer
He's let each one think he was alone at the job to bring it round quicker; a double-tongued, double-dealing devil.
Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3)|Mary Cholmondeley
Curse the whisperer and double-tongued: for he hath destroyed many that were at peace.
Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature|Various

Silly credulity may take this as a proof how much evil a double-tongued man may often contrive.
The Fables of Phdrus|Phaedrus

British Dictionary definitions for double-tongued (1 of 2)

double-tongued

adjective

deceitful or hypocritical in speech

British Dictionary definitions for double-tongued (2 of 2)

double-tongue

verb -tongues, -tonguing or -tongued

music to play (fast staccato passages) on a wind instrument by rapid obstruction and uncovering of the air passage through the lips with the tongueCompare single-tongue, triple-tongue

Derived forms of double-tongue

double tonguing, noun

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