scheming
The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
Adjective
- Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.
Origin
Etymology tree English scheme Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English scheming From scheme + -ing.
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Synonyms
Noun
- The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
Origin
Etymology tree English scheme Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English scheming From scheme + -ing.
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Verb
- present participle and gerund of scheme