ypocrisie

Old French

Etymology

From Latin hypocrisis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκρισις (hupókrisis).

Noun

ypocrisie oblique singular, f (oblique plural ypocrisies, nominative singular ypocrisie, nominative plural ypocrisies)

  1. hypocrisy
    • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
      La senestre, selonc l'estoire,
      senefie la vainne gloire
      qui vint de fause ypocrisie.
      Et la destre, que senefie ?
      Charité, qui de sa bone oevre
      pas ne se vante, ençois la coevre[.]
      The left, according to history
      Represents vainglory
      Which comes from false hypocrisy
      And the right, what does that represent?
      Charity, which does not
      boast about its good work

Descendants
  • → Middle English: ipocrisie
  • Middle French:
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.