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单词 feigning
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feigningn.

/ˈfeɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < feign v. + -ing suffix1.
1.
a. The action of feign v. in various senses; an instance of this. without (but) feigning: unfeignedly, sincerely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb]
utterly?c1225
entirelya1340
faithlyc1350
without (but) feigningc1380
clearly1389
whollyc1390
unfeigninglyc1400
entirec1430
unfeigneda1469
without coloura1513
honestly1526
singly1526
unfeignedly1526
uncolourably1541
bona fide1542
frankly?1553
sincerely1560
squarely1564
uprightly1565
square1577
single-mindedly1579
undissemblinglyc1585
above board1599
fair and square1604
downright1607
downrightly1632
really1641
uncasuistly1649
honest1654
up tro1654
plain-heartedly1675
unaffectedly1677
straightforwardly1839
wholeheartedly1845
unfallaciously1852
up and down1854
single-heartedly1857
unflatteringly1874
uncynically1895
square on1963
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 341 He was clepid þe pope.. aftirward camen oþer names bi feynyng of ypocritis.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypsipyle. 1556 With feynynge, & with every subtyl dede.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 74 He suld swer yat but fenȝeyng He suld yat arbytre disclar.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 65 That yf it were aperceyued..men shold wene that it were a manere of a feynynge.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxii. 279 Tryp on thi tose Without any fenyng!
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 186 Craftie and imagined faynings.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 98 'Twas neuer merry world, Since lowly feigning was call'd complement. View more context for this quotation
a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2349 in Wks. (1640) III A Poet is..a fainer: His Art, an Art of imitation, or faining.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 91 The Lombards..please you without feigning.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 143 Poets are also the representatives of falsehood and feigning.
b. feigning of person n. rare personification.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > personification
rhetoric?c1400
prosopopoeia1563
feigning of person1573
personification1728
personifying1728
personization1890
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xc. f. 283 S. Iohn by a fayning of person sayth, from whose face fledde away both heauen and earth.
2. quasi-concrete. A creation or production (of the mind); an assumption, fiction, fable. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > imaginary form, fiction
fantasy1362
figurec1384
feigning1388
idol1577
idea1593
nonentity1604
figment1624
spectre1708
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun] > an invention, fiction, story
fablec1300
fantasy1362
feigning1388
invention?a1513
story?1531
finctionc1540
figment1577
fingure1593
fiction1599
knavigation1613
flam1632
gun1720
novel1764
fabrication1790
fudge1797
gag1805
myth1840
make-up1844
concoction1885
fictionalization1954
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > a fable, myth
feigning1388
legend1581
fabulosity1601
myth1849
urban legend1931
urban myth1982
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Jer. I. 38 The lond..hath glorie in false feynyngis.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. iv. 6 b Of poetes the feigning to unfold.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 205/2 The lyke feynynges and monstrous miracles.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xii. §4. 414 All which fainings..Iosephus..and Tertullian haue sufficiently answered.
1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged xxv. §3 Poets in their faynings will haue the Nymphs residence in shady greene groues.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

feigningadj.

/ˈfeɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: < feign v. + -ing suffix2.
That feigns.
1. Given to inventing; imaginative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective]
imaginativec1405
inventivec1450
feigning1483
creativea1513
inventative1541
inventious1591
conceitful1594
forgetive1600
productive1612
projecting1614
excogitous1646
plastic1662
ingeniary1664
formful1730
forgeful1751
inventful1797
original-minded1797
original1803
originative1811
vivid1814
fingent1837
constructive1841
right-brained1871
poietic1905
1483 Cath. Angl. 125/1 Feynynge, ficticiosus.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 17 The truest poetrie is the most faining . View more context for this quotation
2. Dissembling, deceitful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] > engaged in pretence
pretense1395
would-be?c1400
fictive1493
counterfeitc1515
feigningc1540
sembling1568
personating1612
shamming1682
gammoning1817
possum playing1856
simulating1875
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 966 He..welcomed hom all With a faynyng fare vnder faire chere.
a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) i. 8 Those fainyng folke.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 31 Verses of faining loue. View more context for this quotation
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. iii. 2002 Suspect this feigning Boy.
3. Shirking, cowardly. Obsolete. Cf. feign v. 13.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]
arghc885
heartlessOE
bloodlessc1225
coward1297
faintc1300
nesha1382
comfortless1387
pusillanimousa1425
faint-heartedc1440
unheartyc1440
cowardous1480
hen-hearteda1529
cowardish1530
feigningc1540
white-livered1546
cowardly1551
faceless1567
pusillanime1570
liver-hearted1571
cowish1579
cowardise1582
coward-like1587
faint-heart1590
courageless1593
sheep-like1596
white-hearted1598
milky1602
milk-livered1608
undaring1611
lily-livereda1616
yarrow1616
flightful1626
chicken-hearted1629
poltroon1649
cow-hearted1660
whey-blooded1675
unbravea1681
nimble-heeled1719
dunghill1775
shrimp-hearted1796
chicken-livered1804
white-feathered1816
pluckless1821
chicken-spirited1822
milk-blooded1822
cowardy1836
yellow1856
yellow-livered1857
putty-hearted1872
uncourageous1878
chicken1883
piker1901
yellow-bellied1907
manso1932
scaredy-cat1933
chickenshit1940
cold-footed1944
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4576 Þis fenyond fare is forthoryng to hom, To assemble..souldiors ynogh.
4. Of the voice: see feign v. 12. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > pleasant > soft or gentle voice
stillc1000
smalla1325
lowc1400
submiss1585
feigning1600
submissive1632
summiss1742
submitted1806
cushioned1909
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 31 Thou hast, by moone-light, at her windowe sung, With faining voice. View more context for this quotation
5. quasi-adv. Pretendedly, seemingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb]
faintlyc1330
feigninglya1387
supposingly?a1450
feignedly1535
counterfeitly1548
dissimulately1556
pretencedly1567
simulately1592
pretensively1607
pretendedly1611
ironically1612
supposedly1618
feigning1620
pretendingly1645
fictitiously1646
fictly1677
simulatively1816
bogusly1862
1620 F. Quarles Jonah (1638) 11 How faining deafe is he?

Derivatives

ˈfeigningly adv. in a feigning manner; artfully, dissemblingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb]
faintlyc1330
feigninglya1387
supposingly?a1450
feignedly1535
counterfeitly1548
dissimulately1556
pretencedly1567
simulately1592
pretensively1607
pretendedly1611
ironically1612
supposedly1618
feigning1620
pretendingly1645
fictitiously1646
fictly1677
simulatively1816
bogusly1862
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 375 Þe ordre of tellynge of þe þing..is feynyngliche i-tolde.
c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 359 Whethir he verraily or feynyngly Repente.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 28 All this said she feynyngly to thende that the other shuld nat perceyue to what thinge she tended.
1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. Zz.iiiv To sett out her beawtye..as feininglye as she can.
1605 J. Stow Annales West Saxons anno 1011 Peace..to the which they feininglie assented.
1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) 542 The King feigningly complained that since the death of Cromwel, England was much troubled with hereticall factions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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