at and t cellular: Word of the Day: Tergiversation

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Saturday, November 18, 2023

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Tergiversation

noun

1. The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion.

2. The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation.

"The spy was actually a double agent who completed his tergiversation as soon as he finished the mission."

"My father jokingly told me it was the ultimate act of tergiversation if I didn't attend his alma mater next year."

"I can't decide if I want to go on the group trip, so I need to keep up the tergiversation until I make up my mind."

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Latin, mid-16th century

"Tergiversation" has a few elements at play in its etymology. The verb "tergiversate" was recorded in English around the mid-17th century, but the noun form was in use a century before. In Latin, the root "tergiversat-" described something done "with one's back turned," from the verb "tergiversari." ...