guise, pretense, pretence, pretext
(noun) an artful or simulated semblance; “under the guise of friendship he betrayed them”
pretext, stalking-horse
(noun) something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pretext (plural pretexts)
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
• See also pretext
pretext (third-person singular simple present pretexts, present participle pretexting, simple past and past participle pretexted)
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
• blag (UK)
Source: Wiktionary
Pre"text, n. Etym: [F. prétexte, L. praetextum, fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, allege as an excuse; prae before + texere to weave. See Text.]
Definition: Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise. They suck the blood of those they depend on, under a pretext of service and kindness. L'Estrange. With how much or how little pretext of reason. Dr. H. More.
Syn.
– Pretense; excuse; semblance; disguise; appearance. See Pretense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
