<blockquote>I dare swear he is no <b>hypocrite</b>, but prays from his heart. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<syn>Syn. -- Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See <er>Dissembler</er>.</syn>
<h1>Hypocritely</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp"o*crite*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Hypocritically.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Sylvester.</i>
<h1>Hypocritic</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*crit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Hypocritical</er>.</def>
<i>Swift.</i>
<h1>Hypocritical</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*crit"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>hypocritique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a hypocrite, or to hypocrisy; <as>as, a <ex>hypocritical</ex>person; a <ex>hypocritical</ex> look; a <ex>hypocritical</ex> action.</as></def>
<blockquote><b>Hypocritical</b> professions of friendship and of pacific intentions were not spared. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>
-- <wordforms><wf>Hyp`o*crit"ic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Hypocrystalline</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*crys"tal*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>crystalline</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.</def>
<h1>Hypocycloid</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hy`po*cy"cloid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>cycloid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>hypocyclo\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the concave side in the fixed circle. Cf. <er>Epicycloid</er>, and <er>Trochoid</er>.</def>
<h1>Hypodactylum</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*dac"ty*lum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>-tyla</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ beneath + <?/ a finger, toe.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The under side of the toes.</def>
<h1>Hypoderm</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp"o*derm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>hypo-</ets> + <ets>-derm</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Hypoblast</er>.</def>
<h1>Hypoderma</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*der"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Hypo</er>, and <er>derma</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as <i>collenchyma</i>.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.</def>
<h1>Hypodermatic</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*der*mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hypodermic.</def>
-- <wordforms><wf>Hyp`o*der*mat"ic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Hypodermic</h1> <Xpage=721>
<hw>Hyp`o*der"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hypoderma</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin.</def>
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