'Janus-faced' definitions:
Definition of 'Janus-faced'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy"
adjective
Marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]
adjective
Having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god" [syn: Janus-faced, two- faced]
Definition of 'Janus-faced'
From: GCIDE
- Janus-faced \Ja"nus-faced`\, a. Double-faced; deceitful. [1913 Webster]
- Janus-faced lock, one having duplicate faces so as to go upon a right or a left hand door, the key entering on either side indifferently. --Knight. [1913 Webster]