dissimulator

English

Etymology

From Latin dissimulātor, from dissimulāre (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from dissimilis (“unlike”) + -āre (“forming verbs”). Equivalent to dissimulate +‎ -or.

Noun

dissimulator (plural dissimulators)

1. One who dissimulates.

Derived terms

• dissimulatress

Latin

Etymology

From dissimulō (“dissemble, conceal”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪs.sɪ.mʊˈɫaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [dis.si.muˈlaː.tor]

Noun

dissimulātor m (genitive dissimulātōris); third declension

1. a dissembler, faker, concealer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dissimulātor	dissimulātōrēs
genitive	dissimulātōris	dissimulātōrum
dative	dissimulātōrī	dissimulātōribus
accusative	dissimulātōrem	dissimulātōrēs
ablative	dissimulātōre	dissimulātōribus
vocative	dissimulātor	dissimulātōrēs

Related terms

• dissimilis
• dissimiliter
• dissimilitūdō
• dissimulāmentum
• dissimulanter
• dissimulātiō
• dissimulō

Descendants

• French: dissimulateur
• Italian: dissimulatore
• Portuguese: dissimulador
• Spanish: disimulador

References

• “dissimulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dissimulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dissimulator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.