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fakery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
fak-ery
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English fake Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English fakery From fake + -ery.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fakeries (plural)

Questions

What does fakery mean?
Fraud or forgery, or an individual instance of this.
Where does fakery come from?
Etymology tree English fake Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English fakery From fake + -ery.

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