fork-tongued

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

fork-tongued (comparative more fork-tongued, superlative most fork-tongued)

  1. deceitful, duplicitous, beguiling
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