Definitions
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Word origin
From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.
Used in a sentence
“[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“False moralist”9 letters
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