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an ass in a lion's skin

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  • ass in a lion's skin — deceiver, someone who pretends to be greater than he truly is …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Deceiver — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deceiver >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deceiver deceiver &c.(deceive &c. 545) ??? dissembler hypocrite Sgm: N 1 sophist sophist Pharisee Jesuit Mawworm Pecksniff Joseph Surface Tartufe Janus …   English dictionary for students

  • Masquerade — Mas quer*ade , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Masquerading}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. [1913 Webster] 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Masqueraded — Masquerade Mas quer*ade , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Masquerading}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. [1913 Webster] 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Masquerading — Masquerade Mas quer*ade , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Masqueraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Masquerading}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade. [1913 Webster] 2. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kathasaritsagara —    The Kathasaritsagara, The Ocean of the Rivers of Story, by the Kashmiri writer Somadeva (c. 11th century), is one of the most important collec tions of tales deriving from the lost BRIHATKATHA of GUNADHYA. The work is the source for dozens of… …   Encyclopedia of Hinduism

  • hypocrite — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pretender, fraud, faker, dissembler, deceiver, casuist, charlatan, poseur, poser, pharisee, bigot, quack, tartuffe, backslider, whited sepulcher, sham, actor, cheat, informer, trickster, one given to hypocrisy, sophist,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Bungler — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Bungler >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 bungler bungler Sgm: N 1 blunderer blunderer blunderhead Sgm: N 1 marplot marplot fumbler lubber duffer stick Sgm: N 1 bad hand bad hand …   English dictionary for students

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