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Middle English
Etymology
Not known in Old French or Middle French; apparently formed anew from dissimulen + -our in Middle English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˌsimiu̯ˈluːr/, /diˈsimiu̯lur/, /diˈsimilər/
Noun
dissimulour
- (rare) A dissembler.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, lines
456–459:
False dissimulour, O Greek Sinon, that broughtest Troye al outrely to sorwe.
O false dissembler, like the Greek Sinon, who brought the Trojans sorrow so severe!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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