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h 4 y 4 p 3 o 1 c 3 r 1 i 1 t 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 l 1

12 letters · 24 points in Scrabble

Meaning

adjective professing feelings or virtues one does not have

originFrom hypocritic + -al, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτικός (hupokritikós), from ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I play a part on stage”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κρίνω (krínō, “I choose”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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