词汇 | prevarication |
词根词缀 | 词源: late 14c., "divergence from a right course, transgression," from O.Fr. prevaricacion (12c.), from L. praevaricationem (nom. praevaricatio) "a stepping out of line (of duty or behavior)," from praevaricatus, pp. of praevaricari "to make a sham accusation, deviate," lit. "walk crookedly," in Church L., "to transgress," from prae "before" + varicare "to straddle," from varicus "straddling," from varus "bowlegged, knock-kneed." Meaning "evasion, quibbling" is attested from 1650s. |
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