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5 Oct 2026, 20:16 by bogdan “Etymologies from AHD, Etymonline, MW, OED, RHWU, Wiktionary” current version
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+ ==Etymology==
+ Recorded from c. 1200 as ''ypocrite''.^(Etymonline) From [[enm|ypocrite]],^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|ypocrite]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) [[der|la-ecc|hypocrita]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) [[der|grc|ὑποκριτής|tr=hupokritḗs|t=stage actor; pretender, dissembler]],^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) from ''hupokrínesthai'' “to play a part, pretend”.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ The English word displaced Old English ''līċettere''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}