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deceiptful

deceiptful is the obsolete form of deceitful.

Meaning of deceitful

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

  1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
    • All theſe are ſeruants to deceitfull men.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. Deceptive, two-faced.

Forms of deceiptful

comparativemore deceiptful
superlativemost deceiptful

Words formed from deceiptful

Questions about deceiptful

What is deceiptful the obsolete form of?
Deceiptful is the obsolete form of deceitful.

Words near deceiptful in the dictionary

  1. decedent
  2. decedents
  3. decedes
  4. deceding
  5. deceipt
  6. deceiptful
  7. deceiptfull
  8. deceiptfully
  9. deceipts
  10. deceit
  11. deceiteous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deceiptful (page history and authors); deceitful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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