Meanings
plural hypocrits
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of hypocrite.
I never have and never will listen to the hypocrit who cries, Lord! Lord!
1914, Roundy, William Noble, 1861-1935, The gospel of hope;2 more examples
thou errant lyar, and shamelesse hypocrit, thou knowest not where thou art, nor what thou sayest
1809, Hanmer, Meredith, 1543-1604, The chronicle of Ireland. Collected by Meredith Hanmer in the yeare 1571Th' answers I'll give in these few lines, / Perhaps you may think strange, / In villany that he's outshined / By hypocrit Lord Grange.
1834, Argyll, House of; Maidment, James, 1793-1879, The Argyle papers
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