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Janus-faced

Janus-faced Meaning & Definition
Janus-faced Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Janus-faced?

[adj] having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god"
[adj] marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
[adj] having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Janus-faced: ambidextrous | bipolar | deceitful | dishonest | dishonorable | double-dealing | double-faced | double-tongued | duplicitous | faced | two-faced

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Janus-faced In Webster's Dictionary

\Ja"nus-faced`\, a. 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. --Knight.

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