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vulpinist

vulpinist noun: one engaged in vulpinism (cunning, deceit).

Noun

vulpinist (plural vulpinists)

  1. One engaged in vulpinism (cunning, deceit).
    • So long as men must live sordidly to win the means of satisfying even their sordid necessities, so long will there exist the vulpinist in man.1907, Robert Kennedy Duncan, The Chemistry of Commerce, page 13
    • But time and again as was in the past so in the present, the vulpinist in man, human greed, pretence, selfishness, ancient prejudice, the desire to enjoy immediately and without labour, the desire to rob others by plunder and oppression or cheating and other worst cravings and abuses of the body...1911, Dr. R N. Saha, Romance of Pen Industries, page 176

Forms of vulpinist

pluralvulpinists

Origin of vulpinist

From vulpine + -ist.

Questions about vulpinist

What does vulpinist mean?
Vulpinist means one engaged in vulpinism (cunning, deceit).
What part of speech is vulpinist?
Vulpinist is a noun.
What is the plural of vulpinist?
The plural of vulpinist is vulpinists.

Words near vulpinist in the dictionary

  1. vulpine
  2. vulpinely
  3. vulpines
  4. vulpinic acid
  5. vulpinism
  6. vulpinist
  7. vulpinite
  8. vulpinous
  9. vulsella
  10. vulsellae
  11. vulsellum

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