CHICANERIES

Noun

chicaneries

plural of chicanery

Source: Wiktionary


CHICANERY

Chi*can"er*y, n. Etym: [F. chicanerie.]

Definition: Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.

Syn.

– Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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