English Explanatory Dictionary

fork-tongued

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling

Word forms

fork-tongued more fork-tongued most fork-tongued

Etymology

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

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