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Deceptiveness
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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World English Dictionary
| deceptive (dɪˈsɛptɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive |
| 2. | music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted |
| de'ceptively | |
| —adv | |
| de'ceptiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
deceptive
1610s, from Fr. deceptif (late 14c.), from M.L. deceptivus, from decept-, pp. stem of L. decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from Fr. deceptieux, from M.L. deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively (1825).
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