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- noun idiomatic The characteristic of
deceptiveness ;duplicity ;untruthfulness .
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kewpid commented on the word forked tongue
'twas believed in ancient times that a venomous snake injected poison not from its fangs but through its forked tongue.
August 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word forked tongue
She hath abated me of half my train;
Look'd black upon me; struck me with her tongue,
Most serpent-like, upon the very heart...
- Shakespeare, King Lear, II. iv.
August 19, 2008