单词 | knavigation |
释义 | † knavigationn. Obsolete. rare. A statement or story that is characteristic of a knave, esp. in being dishonest or fraudulent. ΘΚΠ 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 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage vii. viii. 693 For my part, I wish so well to Nauigation and discoueries, that I could wish such complaints to be but calumnies, and to be the knavigations of false discouerers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1613 |
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