单词 | bogosity |
释义 | bogosityn. The quality or fact of being bogus; spuriousness, falseness. Occasionally also: a thing that is bogus or sham. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged falsehood1340 counterfeiture1548 forgery1574 bastard1581 man of straw1599 counterfeit1613 imitationa1616 mock1646 pasteboard1648 sophistication1664 imposture1699 fraud1725 sham1728 adulteration1756 falsity1780 duff1781 shim-sham1797 shammy1822 Hodge-razor1843 pinchbeck1847 shice1859 cook-up1865 postiche1876 fakery1880 fake1883 bogosity1893 spuriosity1894 dud1897 cluck1904 rake-up1957 bodgie1988 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > quality of feignedness1435 fictitiousness1664 ungenuineness1848 bogosity1893 bogusness1921 1893 N.-Y. Times 26 Feb. 18/2 I found it [sc. Bogus Ghostland] absolutely and entirely bogus, insomuch that its bogosity was surprising and suggestive in the extreme. 1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1964) ii. 21 He had stoically accepted the hammered copper warming pans, brass cooking utensils and other antique bogosities that cluttered the walls of the entrance hall. 2010 Amer. Spectator Online (Nexis) 1 Apr. Eventually he discovered the bogosity of the charges and acknowledged his error. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1893 |
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