medacious

Meanings

• adjective

  Having or showing manipulative and insincere behavior, typically to gain an advantage.

  - "His medacious behavior won him the contract."
  - "She was disappointed by her medacious partner's deceit."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with medacious
deceitful , precocious , recitative , delusive

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Variants

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mediacies , mediacy , mediate , mediately

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Forms

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medaciousness, medaciously

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'medicus' meaning 'healer' or 'physician', possibly due to the manipulative nature of the term being akin to a healer who manipulates their patients.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'medacious' is less commonly used in everyday language compared to synonyms such as 'manipulative' or 'deceitful'.

2. The word 'medacious' first appeared in English literature in the late 16th century.

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Related Concepts

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1. manipulative behavior: Behavior intended to control or influence another person's actions or emotions for one's own benefit.

2. insincerity: The quality of being false or misleading, especially in order to gain an advantage.

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Culture

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The term 'medacious' is often used in literature and art to depict manipulative or deceitful characters. In music, the term has been used in song titles and lyrics to convey a sense of cunning or insincerity.

How to Memorize "medacious"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person making a manipulative gesture or a snake subtly manipulating its prey.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the term with the image of a chameleon, able to change its color to blend in and manipulate its environment.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the acronym MEDACIOUS: Manipulative, Evasive, Deceitful, Aggressive, Calculating, Insincere, Operational, and Sly.

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