fakingn.
/ˈfeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/ The action of fake v.2 (in various senses).Also as the second element in compounds.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun]
counterfeiturec1325
adulteration1502
sophistication1564
falsification1565
counterfeisance1590
forgery1594
fausonry1647
alchemisting1649
counterfacture1682
coinage1693
counterfeiting1697
faking1819
counterfeit1843
doctoring1963
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 156 Bit-faking, coining base money.
1820 London Mag. Jan. 28/2 This little biographical memoir..never can, we think, inspire a wish to dabble in the mysteries of cly-faking, buzzing, or clouting.
1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 221/2 Come, all ye jolly covies, vot faking do admire.
1873 Little Rock (Arkansas) Daily Republican 17 Dec. They repaired to one of the faking establishments on Markham street.
1897 Country Life Illustr. 3 Apr. 348/2 The following new rules against the trimming and faking of dogs for the show-ring..cannot fail to be interesting to our readers.
1925 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 12 Oct. 8/3 They missed the faking of the pass by Harding entirely and left that side of the line wide open.
1929 N.Y. Times 22 Sept. r15/1 Not that I am decrying the faking of emotion.
1977 D. Clark Gimmel Flask iii. 49 The antique world offers tremendous scope for faking,..underselling, overpricing and so on.
2002 H. Love Attributing Authorship x. 181 In the nineteenth century..there were a number of imitators of Macpherson's and Chatterton's faking of mediaeval ballads and sagas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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