| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hyp·o·crite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h p  -krt |
| NOUN: | A person given to hypocrisy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ipocrite, from Old French, from Late Latin hypocrita, from Greek hupocrit s, actor, from hupokr nesthai, to play a part, pretend. See hypocrisy.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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