ˈdouble-ˌhearted, a.
[see double a. 5.]
Having a ‘double heart’; deceitful, dissembling.
| 1552 Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 151 Double-hearted, speaking one thing with their tongues, and thinking another thing in their hearts. 1617 Hieron Wks. II. 160 Guilefull and double-hearted hypocrites. 1849 Hare Par. Serm. II. 227 In this doublefaced, doublehearted world. |
Hence double-ˈheartedness.
| 1571 Golding Calvin on Ps. xii. 3 This dubblehartednesse..maketh men dubbletunged. 1888 Heron Ch. Subapostolic Age i. i. 21 Doubleheartedness, guile, arrogance. |