Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. · A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. · Anything fraudulent or fake.
adj
Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo fake.
Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”).
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- Unspecified derivation mentionfáinnega
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