fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
(noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
fraudulence, deceit
(noun) the quality of being fraudulent
fraudulence, duplicity
(noun) a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fraudulence (countable and uncountable, plural fraudulences)
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
• fraudulency
Source: Wiktionary
Fraud"u*lence or Fraud"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [L. fraudulentia.]
Definition: The quality of being fraudulent; deliberate deceit; trickishness. Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 October 2024
(adjective) causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin’s granddaughter”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
