Defn: Hypocritical. Shak.
FALSE-HEART
False"-heart`, a.
Defn: False-hearted. Shak.
FALSE-HEARTED
False"-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful;
perfidious. Bacon.
— False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.
FALSEHOOD
False"hood, n. Etym: [False + -hood]
1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. Fuller.
2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak.
4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14. No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. Milton.