Hy̆p'o-crĭt'ic or Hy̆p'o-crĭt'ic-al, a.

a. [O. Fr. hypocritique, Gr. ὑποκριτικός.] Belonging to a hypocrite; exhibiting hypocrisy; proceeding from a false outward show of virtue and piety; simulating; counterfeiting a religious character; as, an hypocritical person, or look.

Hypocritical professions of friendship and of pacific intentions were not spared. Macaulay.