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tricheresse (s.xii1)
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tricheresse (s.xii1)

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trecheresse;  tricheresce,  tricherresse  
  FEW:  *triccare 13/ii,260b Gdf:  tricheor 8,71b GdfC: ∅ TL: tricheresse 10,648 DEAF:  trichier (tricheresse)  DMF:  tricheresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

a.

femaledeceitful, treacherous: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Parlerent encuntre mei par tricherresse langue  Oxf Ps ANTS 108.2
( s.xiim )  Vaines choses parlerent chascuns a sun presme levres trecheresses en quor (Latin: Labia dolosa in corde)  Arun Ps 524
( s.xiii; MS: c.1300 )  si aparçut que ce fu li malignes Anemis et reconnut sa tricherresse boisdie  S Godric 621

s.

trickery, deception: 
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1300 )  Malement la num richesce; Meuz ad a num tricheresce, Kar mei semble k'ele triche, Quant si hunist home riche  Rom Phil 378

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See also:

triche  tricher1  tricheressement  tricherie  tricherus  tricherusement  trichet  tricheur 
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