† falsaryn.
Obsolete.
1.
a. One who falsifies, or fraudulently alters (a document, etc.); a falsifier.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > one who forges or falsifies
counterfeiterc1430
falsary1435
forger1552
mangonist1605
forgerer1607
falsificator1609
duffer1735
fabricator1795
faker1819
penman1865
1435 in Bp. Gray's Register, Lincoln 173 Falsaries of þe popes lettres.
1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare iv. 236 The Bishop of Rome..was..found an open falsarie, for..the Canons of his makinge disagreed from the very Originalles.
1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) iv. 29 A falsarie is hee that in writing addeth. or detracteth, or altereth any thing fraudulently.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) Pref. p. xiv A Writer of his own Time cannot avoid being partial, that is, a wilful Falsary.
1828 C. Wordsworth King Charles I 213 Gauden..an habitual impostor and falsary.
b. One who forges a document; a forger.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > forger, falsifier
false writer1440
falsifier1532
forger1552
falsary1579
pseudograph1623
pseudographer1645
doctorer1817
cooker1849
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 79 He that did forge this Epistle..was..an impudent falsarie.
1590 J. Davidson Reply to Bancroft in Wodrow Soc. Misc. (1844) I. 507 If this be not to play the falsarie forger..let the chaplain himself be judge.
1678 Acts Sederunt Scotl. (1790) 140 They will proceed against, and punish these Persones as Falsaries and Forgers of Writes.
1697 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris 90 The ground for our Falsary to forge this Epistle.
2. A false or deceitful person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
wielerOE
adderOE
knavec1275
treacherc1290
guiler1303
gabbera1325
tricharda1327
faitoura1340
jugglera1340
beswiker1340
wernard1362
knackerc1380
beguilera1382
deceiver1382
illusor1382
deceivant1393
fob1393
falsea1400
mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 141 O that there were a wyndowe in to ye breastes of such falsaryes.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 331 A falsary, and an intruder into his secrets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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