fauxadj.adv.

Brit.

/fəʊ/, U.S.

/foʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French faux.

Etymology: < French faux false adj. Compare earlier faux pas n., faux-prude n.

rare before late 20th cent.

False, fake, ersatz. Of personal behaviour: feigned, affected, disingenuous (cf. faux-naïf n. and adj.). Of a material: synthetic, artificial, made in imitation (often as a cheaper substitute). Also as adv., qualifying adjectives and adverbs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected or put on for effect

affectate?1555

affectated1574

affected1578

artificious1579

affective1630

theatrical1649

faux1684

false1791

posed1909

voulu1909

pseudish1938

hokey1945

pseudo1949

posé1958

plastic1963

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective] > artificial or made in imitation of what is real

artificialc1425

unnatural1610

mimical1624

mimic1625

faux1684

mimetic1756

sham1762

imitative1839

imitation1840

mocked-up1919

synthetic1930

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective]

fainta1340

counterfeit1393

pretense1395

feinta1400

feigned1413

disguisyc1430

colourable1433

pretending1434

simulate1435

dissimuled1475

simulative1490

coloureda1500

dissimulate?a1500

simuled1526

colorate1528

dissembled1539

mock1548

devised1552

pretended?1553

artificial1564

supposed1566

counterfeited1569

supposing?1574

affecteda1586

pretensive1607

false1609

supposite1611

simulara1616

simulatory1618

simulated1622

put-ona1625

ironic1631

ironical1646

devisable1659

pretensional1659

pretenced1660

pretensory1663

vizarded1663

shammed?c1677

sham1681

faux1684

fictitious1739

ostensible1762

made-up1773

mala fide1808

assumed1813

semblative1814

fictioned1820

pretextual1837

pseudo1854

fictive1855

schlenter1881

faked1890

phoney1893

phantom1897

1684 T. Otway Atheist ii. 17 Let me never see day again, if yonder be not coming towards us the very Rascal I told thee of this Morning, our faux Atheist.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 278 You have a ‘faux air’ of Nebuchadnezzar in the fields about you, that is certain.

1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 July 821/3 His creative talent is still obscured by his own faux-cynical statements.

1989 Time 16 Oct. 56/1 The designs the women are wearing are not the real thing, of course, but thick faux furs.

1991 Allure June 34/1 My friend and I shrug, faux-spontaneously, as if to say, ‘Sure, why not?’

1995 Sun (Baltimore) 12 June a11/1 Not only did my parents have the two-story building covered with Formstone, but also they covered the snow-ball stand in the faux-stone exterior.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Jan. 46/4 As with many an ancient epic, this one veers between a faux-biblical portentousness and excruciating attempts at casualness.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	faux
释义	fauxn. Brit. /fɔːks/, /fəʊ/, U.S. /foʊ/ Etymology: Assumed nominative singular to Latin fauces; the singular has classical authority only in the ablative. rare. = fauces n. in various senses. ΚΠ 1828 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. 293 The sweet fluid which many of them (plants belonging to Dionæa, Drosera, &c.) secrete near the faux. 1856 J. S. Henslow Dict. Bot. Faux (the gorge), the throat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fauxadj.adv. Brit. /fəʊ/, U.S. /foʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French faux. Etymology: < French faux false adj. Compare earlier faux pas n., faux-prude n. rare before late 20th cent. False, fake, ersatz. Of personal behaviour: feigned, affected, disingenuous (cf. faux-naïf n. and adj.). Of a material: synthetic, artificial, made in imitation (often as a cheaper substitute). Also as adv., qualifying adjectives and adverbs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affected or put on for effect affectate?1555 affectated1574 affected1578 artificious1579 affective1630 theatrical1649 faux1684 false1791 posed1909 voulu1909 pseudish1938 hokey1945 pseudo1949 posé1958 plastic1963 the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [adjective] > artificial or made in imitation of what is real artificialc1425 unnatural1610 mimical1624 mimic1625 faux1684 mimetic1756 sham1762 imitative1839 imitation1840 mocked-up1919 synthetic1930 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] fainta1340 counterfeit1393 pretense1395 feinta1400 feigned1413 disguisyc1430 colourable1433 pretending1434 simulate1435 dissimuled1475 simulative1490 coloureda1500 dissimulate?a1500 simuled1526 colorate1528 dissembled1539 mock1548 devised1552 pretended?1553 artificial1564 supposed1566 counterfeited1569 supposing?1574 affecteda1586 pretensive1607 false1609 supposite1611 simulara1616 simulatory1618 simulated1622 put-ona1625 ironic1631 ironical1646 devisable1659 pretensional1659 pretenced1660 pretensory1663 vizarded1663 shammed?c1677 sham1681 faux1684 fictitious1739 ostensible1762 made-up1773 mala fide1808 assumed1813 semblative1814 fictioned1820 pretextual1837 pseudo1854 fictive1855 schlenter1881 faked1890 phoney1893 phantom1897 1684 T. Otway Atheist ii. 17 Let me never see day again, if yonder be not coming towards us the very Rascal I told thee of this Morning, our faux Atheist. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre III. xi. 278 You have a ‘faux air’ of Nebuchadnezzar in the fields about you, that is certain. 1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 July 821/3 His creative talent is still obscured by his own faux-cynical statements. 1989 Time 16 Oct. 56/1 The designs the women are wearing are not the real thing, of course, but thick faux furs. 1991 Allure June 34/1 My friend and I shrug, faux-spontaneously, as if to say, ‘Sure, why not?’ 1995 Sun (Baltimore) 12 June a11/1 Not only did my parents have the two-story building covered with Formstone, but also they covered the snow-ball stand in the faux-stone exterior. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Jan. 46/4 As with many an ancient epic, this one veers between a faux-biblical portentousness and excruciating attempts at casualness. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828adj.adv.1684
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