twifaced

English

Alternative forms

  • twyfaced

Etymology

From twi- +‎ faced.

Adjective

twifaced (comparative more twifaced, superlative most twifaced)

  1. (obsolete) Having two faces.
  2. (obsolete) Two-faced; deceitful.
    • 1861, Francis Quarles, Quarles' emblems:
      There is no time to measure motion by, There time is swallowed in eternity : Wry-mouth'd disdain, and corner-hunting lust, And twy-fac'd fraud, [...]
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