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

Related terms

• ypocrite (noun)

Descendants

• → Middle English: ipocrisie
  • English: hypocrisy
• Middle French:
  • French: hypocrisie
    • → Romanian: ipocrizie