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tergiversant

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ter⋅gi⋅ver⋅sate

  [tur-ji-ver-seyt]
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–verb (used without object), -sat⋅ed, -sat⋅ing.
1. to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
2. to turn renegade.
Origin:
1645–55; < L tergiversātus (ptp. of tergiversārī to turn one's back), equiv. to tergi- (comb. form of tergum back) + versātus, ptp. of versāre, freq. of vertere to turn; see -ate 1

Related forms:
ter⋅gi⋅ver⋅sa⋅tion, noun
ter⋅gi⋅ver⋅sa⋅tor, ter⋅gi⋅ver⋅sant  [tur-ji-vur-suhnt] , noun
ter⋅gi⋅ver⋅sa⋅to⋅ry  [tur-ji-vur-suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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