double-tongued

[ duhb-uhl-tuhngd ]

adjective
  1. deceitful; hypocritical.

Origin of double-tongued

1
1350–1400; Middle English dowble tungid

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British Dictionary definitions for double-tongued

double-tongued

adjective
  1. deceitful or hypocritical in speech

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