Definitions

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  • adjective double-tongued, deceiving.
  • adjective law In law, the name historically given to a jury, in which one part of the jury is natives, and the other foreigners.

Etymologies

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From Latin bilinguis ("double-tongued"), from bis ("twice, in two ways") + lingua ("tongue").

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