tergiversatore

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tergiversātor, from tergiversor (“to turn one's back, to avoid, to delay”) + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”). Equivalent to tergiversare +‎ -tore.

Noun

tergiversatore m (plural tergiversatori, feminine tergiversatrice)

  1. hesitater
  2. prevaricator, liar

Latin

Noun

tergiversātōrē

  1. ablative singular of tergiversātor
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