1a : rascality . b : a roguish or mischievous act. 2 obsolete : roguish mischief.
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing. 1, Folly is the cloke of knavery . 2, Knavery may serve, but honesty is best. 4, Folly is the cloak of knavery .
noun, plural knav·er·ies. action or practice characteristic of a knave. unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest dealing; trickery.
The noun knavery comes from knave, an old-fashioned word meaning “ rascal or rogue .” Shakespeare was especially famous for using knave as an insult, and knavery reflects this sense of a foolish and terrible person who’s up to no good.
1’no system can protect a fool from the knavery of others’ villainy , unscrupulousness, baseness, roguishness, badness, wickedness, viciousness, iniquity, depravity, evil, vileness, devilishness, rascality, delinquency, corruption, corruptness. wrongdoing, evil-doing, misconduct, mischief, roguery, devilry, turpitude.
1 : a mean, unprincipled, or dishonest person. 2 : a mischievous person or animal .
(ɒbsəliːt ) adjective. Something that is obsolete is no longer needed because something better has been invented . So much equipment becomes obsolete almost as soon as it’s made. Synonyms: outdated, old, passé, ancient More Synonyms of obsolete.
transitive verb. : to ponder or meditate on usually intently cogitating the possible consequences of my decision . intransitive verb. : to meditate deeply or intently cogitating on her career plans cogitated on what would be the right thing to do.
To be roguish is to be up to no good , which could mean being untrustworthy like a criminal or playful and mischievous. If someone gives you a roguish smile, he’s totally flirting with you.
Here “double knavery” means to pull off one stunt and obtain two desired outcomes – to get Cassio’s position (which he felt he deserved) and to make himself appear respectful for his ego’s sake.
1 : to shorten by or as if by cutting off . 2 : to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane. truncate. adjective.
hedge-pig: older English for hedgehog , perhaps an ugly person or someone with a prickly personality.
a knave very voluble ; no further. conscionable than in putting on the mere form of. civil and humane seeming, for the better compassing.
* Knave, n. 1. A dishonest, unprincipled man (often associated with acting troupes in the 16th and 17th centuries) 2. A male servant or page ; of low rank or status.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
knave. Antonyms: true- penny , gentleman, innocent, dupe, simpleton, gull, oaf. Synonyms: hogue, cheat, rascal, villain, miscreant, scoundrel.
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