deceyte

Middle English

Alternative forms

• deceipte, deceite, deceyt, desceipte, desceite, deseyt, deseyte
• deseite, disceite, disceyte, dyssayte, dysseyt (Late Middle English)
• desayt, desayte, dessait, dessayte, dyssaytt (Northern); desate, desaytt, dessate, dissate (Catholicon Anglicum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French deceite, from Latin dēcepta; compare deceyven.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛːˈsæi̯t(ə)/, /dɛˈsɛːt(ə)/, /dɛ-/, /di-/

Noun

deceyte (plural deceytes)

1. Deception or deceit:
   1. Deceitfulness; the tendency to deceive.
   2. An instance of deceit; a deceptive action.
   3. A phantasm; a deceptive image.
2. (pathology, rare) Gangrene, necrosis.

Descendants

• English: deceit
• Middle Scots: desait, desate, deceat
  • Scots: deceit

References

• “dēceit(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.