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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 and 2005 supplements.
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HYPOCREET, n. Also hypocreete, heepocreet, heepocrit, ¶hypocrip (Lnk. 1885 F. Gordon Pyotshaw 131), heepie-creep. Sc. forms of Eng. hypocrite. Derivs. hypocreeties, hypocrisies (Lnk. 1885 F. Gordon Pyotshaw 156); hypocreetical, hypocritical (Kcb. 1923 W. D. Lyell Justice Clerk i. iv.); hypocreetically, hypocritically. Used adv. in phr. to gang heepie-creep, to move in a furtive, cringing manner, the form being due to influence from creep. [′hipəkrit]Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 164:
Ye'll likely meet wi' mony slips, An' maybe fa's a few; But no for that gang heepie-creep.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 62:
"Come awa then," quo Tullio hypocreetically. "Are ye in a dwaum? Pit the fit doon."