dissimulour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dissimilour, dyssymuler, dyssymylere

Etymology

Not known in Old French or Middle French; apparently formed anew from dissimulen +‎ -our in Middle English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˌsimiu̯ˈluːr/, /diˈsimiu̯lur/, /diˈsimilər/

Noun

dissimulour

1. (rare) A dissembler.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 456–459:

     False dissimulour, O Greek Sinon, that broughtest Troye al outrely to sorwe.
     O false dissembler, like the Greek Sinon, who brought the Trojans sorrow so severe!

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Descendants

• English: dissimuler (obsolete)
  • ⇒ English: dissembler

References

• “dissimulour”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.