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fork-tongued

fork-tongued adjective: deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling.

Adjective

fork-tongued (comparative more fork-tongued, superlative most fork-tongued)

  1. deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling

Forms of fork-tongued

comparativemore fork-tongued
superlativemost fork-tongued

Origin of fork-tongued

From various depictions of the Devil with a forked tongue, much like a snake's.

Questions about fork-tongued

What does fork-tongued mean?
Fork-tongued means deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling.
What part of speech is fork-tongued?
Fork-tongued is an adjective.

Words near fork-tongued in the dictionary

  1. fork-tailed bush katydid
  2. fork-tailed bush katydids
  3. fork-tailed flycatcher
  4. fork-tailed flycatchers
  5. fork-tender
  6. fork-tongued
  7. forkable
  8. forkball
  9. forkballer
  10. forkballers
  11. forkballs

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