The Only Use
duplicity
in
Jane Eyre
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- I was a precocious actress in her eyes; she sincerely looked on me as a compound of virulent passions, mean spirit, and dangerous duplicity.†
p. 22.5duplicity = deception -- such as lying
Definitions:
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(1)
(duplicity) deception (lying to or misleading others) -- usually over an extended period
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)