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deceitfull

deceitfull is the archaic 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 deceitfull

comparativemore deceitfull
superlativemost deceitfull

Questions about deceitfull

What is deceitfull the archaic form of?
Deceitfull is the archaic form of deceitful.

Words near deceitfull in the dictionary

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

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