dissimulate

Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt/

The English word “dissimulate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To practise deception by concealment or omission, or by feigning a false appearance; to dissemble.
To disguise or hide by adopting a false appearance; to dissemble.
To connive at; to wink at; to pretend not to notice.

adjective

Feigned, simulated, pretended, false.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dissimulaten, dissimilaten, from Latin dissimulātus + -en (“verb-forming suffix”), perfect passive participle of dissimulō (“to conceal, to pretend, to neglect”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dissimilis (“unlike”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Compare the obsolete dissimule (“to conceal, disguise”), from Old French dissimuler (French dissimuler), ultimately…

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