double-tongued
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of double-tongued
1350–1400; Middle English dowble tungid
Example Sentences
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At 12:50, track trumpeter Jay Cohen double-tongued the usual call to arms.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2020
Some saw an even more sinister subtext to Boies' opening statement and the incorporeal, larger-than-life double-tongued creature he described as luring unwitting followers to his crusade for world domination.
From Time Magazine Archive
To speak honestly, sire, the purposes for which he permits himself to be used do him no honour; and such a double-tongued individual bears no one fealty.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
His “Nay, nay,” and “Yea, yea,” will outlast and outshine their double-tongued prevarication and flattery.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
Learn hence, ye simples, ere too late, What ills the double-tongued create.
From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Park, Marmaduke
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