(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:16:00

Hyp`o*crit"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. : cf. F. hypocritique.]

Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; as, a hypocriticalperson; a hypocritical look; a hypocritical action.

Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions were not spared. Macaulay.

-- Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

 

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