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961 Etymology dictionary, p. feint (v.).2
… , false, counterfeit" and directly from Old French feint "false, deceitful; weak, lazy," past participle of feindre "to hesitate, falter; lack courage; feign, pretend …
962 Etymology dictionary, p. fictitious (adj.).2
… , counterfeit;" 1620s, "existing only in imagination," from Medieval Latin fictitius, a misspelling of Latin ficticius "artificial, counterfeit," from fictus …
963 Etymology dictionary, p. fool (n.1).4
… entertainer counterfeiting mental weakness or an amusing lunatic, and the notion of the fool sage whose sayings are ironically wise is also in English …
964 Etymology dictionary, p. forge (v.1).2
… ., "to counterfeit" (a letter, seal, document, etc.), from Old French forgier "to forge, work (metal); shape, fashion; build, construct; falsify" (12c., Modern French forger ), from …
965 Etymology dictionary, p. forger (n.).2
… "a counterfeiter, one who makes by false imitation" is from early 15c. In 15c. also "a maker of (coin) money." Another Middle English word for "a forger" was falsarie …
966 Etymology dictionary, p. forgery (n.).2
1570s, "a thing made fraudulently," from forge (v.) + -ery. Meaning "act of counterfeiting" is 1590s. The literal sense of the verb tended to go with forging (late 14c. as "act of working on a forge," 1858 as "piece of work made on a forge").
967 Etymology dictionary, p. fun (n.).2
… money "counterfeit bills" (1938, though this use of the word may be more for the sake of the rhyme). See also funny. Fun and games "mirthful carryings-on" is from 1906 …
968 Etymology dictionary, p. merkin (n.).2
… or 'counterfeit hair for a woman's privy parts' " [Grose] is attested from 1610s. According to "The Oxford Companion to the Body," the custom of wearing merkins dates …
969 Etymology dictionary, p. mock (adj.).2
… , "feigned, counterfeit, spurious; having a close (but deceptive) resemblance," 1540s, from mock, verb and noun. Mock-heroic "counterfeiting or burlesquing the heroic …
970 Etymology dictionary, p. plasma (n.).2
… , figure; counterfeit, forgery; formed style, affectation," from plassein "to mold," originally "to spread thin," from PIE *plath-yein, from root *pele- (2) "flat; to spread …
971 Etymology dictionary, p. queer (adj.).3
… noun, "counterfeit money," by 1812; to shove the queer (1859) was "to pass counterfeit money. Queer Street (1811) was the imaginary place where persons in difficulties …
972 Etymology dictionary, p. ringer (n.).4
… , "substitute counterfeit money for good," a pun on ring the changes in the sense of "play the regular series of variations in a peal of bells" (1610s). The meaning …
973 Etymology dictionary, p. secret (adj.).3
Secret agent is recorded by 1715; secret service is from 1737, "department of a government concerned with counterfeiting and other political and civil offenses done in secrecy;" secret police is by 1823. Secret weapon is by 1590s.
974 Etymology dictionary, p. sham (n.).4
The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." Related: Shammed; shamming; shammer. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896. A song from 1716 calls the Pretender the Shamster .
975 Etymology dictionary, p. shove (v.).4
… "to counterfeit money." Shove it had an earlier sense of "depart" before it became a rude synonym for stick it (by 1941) with implied destination.
976 Etymology dictionary, p. slug (n.2).3
The meaning "token or counterfeit coin" is recorded from 1881; that of "strong drink" is recorded by 1756, perhaps from the slang phrase fire a slug "take a drink," though it also might be related to Irish slog "swallow."
977 Etymology dictionary, p. snide (adj.).2
… ' slang, "counterfeit, sham, bad, spurious," a word of unknown origin. Century Dictionary suggests it is a dialectal variant of snithe, itself a dialectal adjective …
978 Etymology dictionary, p. snide (adj.).3
… to counterfeit coin. Farmer and Henley ("Slang and Its Analogues," 1903) has it as "bad, wretched, contemptible, or (army) dirty." Of persons, "characterized by low cunning …
979 Etymology dictionary, p. supposititious (adj.).2
… genuine; counterfeit, spurious," 1610s, from Latin suppositicius, supposititius, subpositicius, "put in place of another, substituted," especially by fraud …
980 Etymology dictionary, p. true (adj.).3
… , not counterfeit" is from late 14c.; that of "conformable to a certain standard" (as true north ) is from c. 1550. Of artifacts, "accurately fitted or shaped" it is recorded …