faux bonhommen.

/fəʊ bɒˈnɒm/

Etymology: French faux false + bonhomme simple good-natured man.

A sly, shifty person who assumes an open and good-natured manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles

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1916 W. S. Maugham Writer's Notebk. (1949) 113 He looks at you benignly through gold-rimmed spectacles. The faux bon homme.

1932 Sunday Times 13 Mar. 6/2 The monster [Iago] in the guise of faux bonhomme.

1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) i, in Too True to be Good 204 The Oxford youth... Stow all this fo bunnum business, Chavender... Sir Arthur. Oh, faux bonhomme, of course.

1958 Observer 25 May 14/1 Smiling the perpetual sweet smile of the faux-bonhomme.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	faux bonhomme
释义	faux bonhommen. /fəʊ bɒˈnɒm/ Etymology: French faux false + bonhomme simple good-natured man. A sly, shifty person who assumes an open and good-natured manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > one who dissembles a wolf in a lamb's skin, in sheep's clothingc1460 figurea1513 seemera1616 fop1755 mutton dressed as lamb1811 comedian1893 faux bonhomme1916 1916 W. S. Maugham Writer's Notebk. (1949) 113 He looks at you benignly through gold-rimmed spectacles. The faux bon homme. 1932 Sunday Times 13 Mar. 6/2 The monster [Iago] in the guise of faux bonhomme. 1934 G. B. Shaw On the Rocks (new ed.) i, in Too True to be Good 204 The Oxford youth... Stow all this fo bunnum business, Chavender... Sir Arthur. Oh, faux bonhomme, of course. 1958 Observer 25 May 14/1 Smiling the perpetual sweet smile of the faux-bonhomme. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1916
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