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Janus-faced   Listen
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Janus-faced  adj.  Double-faced; deceitful.
Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently.





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"Janus-faced" Quotes from Famous Books



... while they have not the slightest intention of purifying, sanctifying, or changing their lives in any the smallest particular; and their clergy gather, each into himself, the curious dual power, and Janus-faced majesty in mischief, of the prophet that prophesies falsely, and the priest that bears ...
— On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature • John Ruskin


Words linked to "Janus-faced" :   dishonest, dishonorable, two-faced, double-dealing, ambidextrous, faced, double-tongued


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