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dolosity

dolosity

English

Noun

dolosity

  1. (rare) Deceitfulness, hidden malice.
    • 2009, Neil Johnson, Dr Johnson's Reliquary of Rediscovered Words (ISBN 1409086763), page 57:
      Dolose. (Do-loez) a. Deceitful. […] A score of 95% or higher on the Reisenberg Dolosity Scale is required for entry into the London College of Advertising.
    • 2014, Yinka Kolawole, Lord Lugard's Nigeria: A Century of Myopia (ISBN 1631352016), page 10
      A government of the people, not by the people, not for the people, is fraudulent dolosity, which only the people can reverse, not only by force, but with persistent argument and open debates.