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charade
English
Etymology
From French charade, charrade (“prattle, idle conversation; a kind of riddle”), probably from Occitan charrada (“conversation; chatter”), from charrar (“to chat; to chatter”) + -ada. As a round of the game, originally a clipping of acting charade but now usually understood and formed as a back-formation from charades.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?räd?, sh?r?d?, IPA(key): /??????d/, /????e?d/
- (General American) enPR: sh?r?d?, IPA(key): /????e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Noun
charade (plural charades)
- (literature, archaic) A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
- 1878, "Charade" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 398:
- CHARADE, a trifling species of composition, or quasi-literary form of amusement, which may perhaps be best defined as a punning enigma propounded in a series of descriptions. A word is taken of two or more syllables, each forming a distinct word; each of these is described in verse or prose, as aptly and enigmatically as possible; and the same process is applied to the whole word. The neater and briefer the descriptive parts of the problem, the better the charade will be. In selecting words for charades, special attention should be paid to the absolute quality of the syllables composing them, inaccuracy in trifles of this sort depriving them of what little claim to merit they may possess. The brilliant rhythmic trifles of W. Mackworth Praed are well known. Of representative prose charades, the following specimens are perhaps as good as could be selected:—“My first, with the most rooted antipathy to a Frenchman, prides himself, whenever they meet, upon sticking close to his jacket; my second has many virtues, nor is its least that it gives its name to my first; my whole may I never catch!” “My first is company; my second shuns company; my third collects company; and my whole amuses company.” The solutions are Tar-tar and Co-nun-drum.
- 1878, "Charade" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 398:
- (uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.
- Synonyms: acted charade, (obsolete) dumb charade
- 1911, "Charade" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. V, p. 856:
- ...The most popular form of this amusement is the acted charade, in which the meaning of the different syllables is acted out on the stage, the audience being left to guess each syllable and thus, combining the meaning of all the syllables, the whole word. A brilliant example of the acted charade is described in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair.
- (obsolete) A play resembling the game charades, particularly due to poor acting.
- A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.
- Synonyms: farce, sham; see also Thesaurus:fake
Translations
Verb
charade (third-person singular simple present charades, present participle charading, simple past and past participle charaded)
- To act out a charade (of); to gesture; to pretend.
Further reading
- charade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- charade in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- charade at OneLook Dictionary Search
- charades on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- charade (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
French
Etymology
Probably from Occitan charrada, from charrar (“to chat”). Compare Italian ciarlare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.?ad/
Noun
charade f (plural charades)
- charade (kind of riddle)
- (figuratively) something bizarre or hard to understand
- (Louisiana, Cajun French) chat, conversation
Further reading
- “charade” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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falsehood
English
Etymology
From Middle English falshede, from false + -hede.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?ls?h?d/
Noun
falsehood (countable and uncountable, plural falsehoods)
- (uncountable) The property of being false.
- (countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
- Don't tell falsehoods.
- (archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.
- 1984, Witness Lee, Life-Study: Revelation: Volume Three: Messages 34-50, Living Stream Ministry (1999), ?ISBN, page 511:
- The false prophet looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. This indicates his falsehood. […] He will pretend to be the same as Christ.
- 1984, Witness Lee, Life-Study: Revelation: Volume Three: Messages 34-50, Living Stream Ministry (1999), ?ISBN, page 511:
Usage notes
- Falsehood, Falseness, Falsity; untruth, fabrication, fiction. Instances may be quoted in abundance from old authors to show that the first three words are often strictly synonymous; but the modern tendency has been decidedly in favor of separating them, falsehood standing for the concrete thing, an intentional lie; falseness, for the quality of being guiltily false or treacherous: as, he is justly despised for his falseness to his oath; and falsity, for the quality of being false without blame: as, the falsity of reasoning. — The Century Dictionary, 1911.
Quotations
- Syn. Falsehood, Falseness, Falsity; untruth, fabrication, fiction. Instances may be quoted in abundance from old authors to show that the first three words are often strictly synonymous; but the modern tendency has been decidedly in favor of separating them, falsehood standing for the concrete thing, an intentional lie; falseness, for the quality of being guiltily false or treacherous: as, he is justly despised for his falseness to his oath; and falsity, for the quality of being false without blame: as, the falsity of reasoning. — the Century Dictionary, 1911.
- Micah 2:11 (KJV):
- If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
- 1909, John Potts, Secret Lodge System:
- The lodge upheld, sustained and honored this man in his double life, his deceit, his falsehood, his hypocrisy.
Synonyms
- (property of being false): falsity
- (intentionally false statement): lie
- (deceitfulness): falseness, mendacity
- See also Thesaurus:falsehood
Antonyms
- (false statement): truth, verity
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