Synonyms for prevaricator
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pri-var-i-key-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈvær ɪˌkeɪ tər |
Top 10 synonyms for prevaricator Other synonyms for the word prevaricator
Définition of prevaricator
Origin :- c.1400, from Old French prevaricator and directly from Latin praevaricator "sham accuser; unfaithful advocate," agent noun from past participle stem of praevaricari (see prevaricate).
- noun liar
- You are a prevaricator, for you tell things which are not so.
- Extract from : « Mother West Wind's Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- I'm not after sayin' me father was a prevaricator—no, indeed!
- Extract from : « Over the Seas for Uncle Sam » by Elaine Sterne
- She was not alone a dunce when it came to acting, she was a prevaricator as well.
- Extract from : « The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross » by Gertrude W. Morrison
- "Hampton's a prevaricator," he said gravely, as he looked down into the merry blue eyes turned up to him.
- Extract from : « Judith of Blue Lake Ranch » by Jackson Gregory
- He was not willingly a prevaricator, and hated thoroughly to make explanations concerning it.
- Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
- Everything this girl said made her more of a prevaricator, even though she might be innocent of crime.
- Extract from : « The Mystery Girl » by Carolyn Wells
- But an Englishman is nothing if not a prevaricator; he calls it being scrupulously truthful.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
- For if I build up again the things which I have destroyed, I make myself a prevaricator.
- Extract from : « The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version » by Various
- Mr. Rabbit, you are all these—a lazy, shiftless sneak, thief and prevaricator.'
- Extract from : « Mother West Wind's Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
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