canting
adjEtymology From cant + -ing.
1
That cants or preaches in a false manner.
- "You damned, canting, hypocritical box-of-tricks. I'll be even with you yet." The heavy door slammed behind him.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Derived terms
- cantingly, cantingness