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deceiteous

deceiteous adjective: deceitful.

Adjective

deceiteous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) deceitful

Origin of deceiteous

From deceit + -eous.

Questions about deceiteous

What does deceiteous mean?
Deceiteous means deceitful.
What part of speech is deceiteous?
Deceiteous is an adjective.

Words near deceiteous in the dictionary

  1. deceiptful
  2. deceiptfull
  3. deceiptfully
  4. deceipts
  5. deceit
  6. deceiteous
  7. deceitful
  8. deceitfull
  9. deceitfully
  10. deceitfulness
  11. deceitfulnesses

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