pretexted
/priːˈtɛkstɪd/rare before 19th cent
adjective
Used as a pretext; pretended, false.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Ford (bap. 1586, d. a1653), playwright. Originally from pretext + -ed. In later use re-formed from pretext + -ed.
- Mountain View
- mountain vlix
- mountain vole
- mountainward
- mountainwards
- mountain wave
- mountain white oak
- mountain wind
- mountain witch
- mountainy
- mountainy man
- mountain zebra
- mountant
- Mountbatten, Louis
- Mount Desert Island
- mountebank
- mountebankery
- mountebanking
- mountebankish
- mounted
- mounted police
- mounted policeman
- mounted policewoman
- mounter
- mount guard