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English
Etymology
From Latin dissimulātor, from dissimulāre (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from dissimilis (“unlike”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to dissimulate + -or.
Noun
dissimulator (plural dissimulators)
- One who dissimulates.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From dissimulō (“dissemble, conceal”) + -tor.
Pronunciation
Noun
dissimulātor m (genitive dissimulātōris); third declension
- a dissembler, faker, concealer
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “dissimulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dissimulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dissimulator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.