[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
janus-faced lock 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

janus-faced
     adj 1: having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a
            janus-faced view of history"; "a janus-faced policy"
     2: 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,
         two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued
     3: having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the
        past; "janus the two-faced god" syn: two-faced
see also:
ambidextrous deceitful double-dealing duplicitous two-faced double-faced 
double-tongued 

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