Tolkien uses the word,
dwimmer-crafty in reference to Saruman -
In 'The Riders of Rohan', when Eomer is speaking alone to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, he tells them of Saruman's designs on Rohan and the difficulties of dealing with him:
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It is ill dealing with such a foe: he is a wizard both cunning and dwimmer-crafty, having many guises . . .
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