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false
English
Etymology
From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fall? (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English l?as (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /f??ls/, /f?ls/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f?ls/, /f?ls/
Adjective
false (comparative falser, superlative falsest)
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Spurious, artificial.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- (music) Out of tune.
Synonyms
- lease
- See also Thesaurus:false
Antonyms
- (untrue): real, true
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
false (comparative more false, superlative most false)
- in a dishonest and disloyal way; falsely.
Noun
false (plural falses)
- One of two options on a true-or-false test.
Anagrams
- A.S.L.E.F., Leafs, alefs, fasel, feals, fleas, leafs, lefsa
Italian
Adjective
false f pl
- feminine plural of falso
Latin
Noun
false
- vocative singular of falsus
References
- false in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- false in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- false in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Spanish
Verb
false
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of falsar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of falsar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of falsar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of falsar.
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deplorable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French déplorable, from Late Latin d?pl?r?bilis., from d?- +? pl?r? +? -bilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??pl????b??/
Adjective
deplorable (comparative more deplorable, superlative most deplorable)
- Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
- To be felt sorrow for; worthy of compassion; lamentable.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe
- There was a youth and his mother, and a maidservant on board, who were going passengers, and thinking the ship was ready to sail, unhappily came on board the evening before the hurricane began; and having no provisions of their own left, they were in a more deplorable condition than the rest.
- 1840, Public Documents of the State of Maine, "Report Relating to the Insane Hospital", Committee on Public Buildings
- If, however, the early symptoms of insanity be neglected till the brain becomes accustomed to the irregular actions of disease, or till organic changes take place from the early violence of those actions, then the case becomes hopeless of cure. In this situation, in too many cases, the victim of this deplorable malady is cast off by his friends, thrust into a dungeon or in chains, there to remain till the shattered intellect shall exhaust all its remaining energies in perpetual raving and violence, till it sinks into hopeless and deplorable idiocy.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Synonyms
- pathetic
Translations
Noun
deplorable (plural deplorables)
- A person or thing that is to be deplored.
- 1970, Esquire (volume 74)
- […] heralding, this season, an end of the most awful of all apparel abominations, that most despicable of all deplorables, the ankle sock.
- 1970, Esquire (volume 74)
- (neologism, US politics) A Trumpist conservative, in reference to a 2016 speech by Hillary Clinton calling half of Donald Trump's supporters a "basket of deplorables".
Further reading
- deplorable at OneLook Dictionary Search
- deplorable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Middle French
Etymology
Late 15th century, borrowed from Latin d?pl?r?bilis.
Adjective
deplorable m or f (plural deplorables)
- deplorable (worthy of compassion)
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin d?pl?r?bilis, equivalent to deplorar +? -able.
Adjective
deplorable (plural deplorables)
- deplorable
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