different between carious vs deceitful

English

Etymology

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cari?s (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from care? (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kaz?? (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *?es- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -?sus (“suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘full of, prone to’”), from Old Latin -?sos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/ (or /?kæ?-/ among careful speakers)
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?k??.i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s
• Hyphenation: ca?ri?ous

Adjective

carious (comparative more carious, superlative most carious)

1. Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

Derived terms

• cariousness

Related terms

• caries
• dental caries

Translations

Further reading

• tooth decay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curiosa

English

Alternative forms

• deceiptful (obsolete)
• deceiptfull (obsolete)
• deceitfull (archaic)

Etymology

deceit +? -ful

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??si?tf?l/, /-fl?/

Adjective

deceitful (comparative more deceitful, superlative most deceitful)

1. Deliberately misleading or cheating.
   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, [Act II, scene vii]:

     All the?e are ?eruants to deceitfull men.
2. Deceptive, two-faced.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:deceptive

Translations