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Dissimulour

Dis-sim′u-lour

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Noun.
[OF.
dissimuleur
.]
A dissembler.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


dissimulour

dissimulour

English

Noun

dissimulour (plural not attested)

  1. (obsolete) A dissembler.
    • 1483, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Nun's Priest's Tale, lines 456–459:
      False dissimulour, O Greek Sinon, that broughtest Troye al outrely to sorwe.
      O false dissembler, like the Greek Sinon, who brought the Trojans sorrow so severe!