prevaricator
English
Etymology
prevaricate + -or or Latin praevaricator: compare French prévaricateur.
Noun
prevaricator (plural prevaricators)
- One who prevaricates.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:
- It was evident he took me for a perfectly shameless prevaricator.
- (historical) An orator at the University of Cambridge fulfilling a similar function to the terrae filius at Oxford.
Translations
one who prevaricates
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pre.u̯aː.riˈkaː.tor/, [preu̯äːrɪˈkäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pre.va.riˈka.tor/, [preväriˈkäːt̪or]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French prévaricateur or Latin praevaricator.
Adjective
prevaricator m or n (feminine singular prevaricatoare, masculine plural prevaricatori, feminine and neuter plural prevaricatoare)
Declension
Declension of prevaricator
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | prevaricator | prevaricatoare | prevaricatori | prevaricatoare | ||
| definite | prevaricatorul | prevaricatoarea | prevaricatorii | prevaricatoarele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | prevaricator | prevaricatoare | prevaricatori | prevaricatoare | ||
| definite | prevaricatorului | prevaricatoarei | prevaricatorilor | prevaricatoarelor | |||
Declension
Declension of prevaricator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) prevaricator | prevaricatorul | (niște) prevaricatori | prevaricatorii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) prevaricator | prevaricatorului | (unor) prevaricatori | prevaricatorilor |
| vocative | prevaricatorule | prevaricatorilor | ||
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