Dictionary entry

Hypocritical

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hyp′o‐crit″ic‐al (?), a. [Gr. �: cf. F. hypocritique.] Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.

Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions were not spared. Macaulay.

— Hyp′o‐crit″ic‐al‐ly (#), adv.