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feint
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe??nt/
- Rhymes: -e?nt
- Homophone: faint
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French feint (“pretended”), from Old French feindre (“to feign”).
Verb
feint (third-person singular simple present feints, present participle feinting, simple past and past participle feinted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a feint, or mock attack.
- 1914, Booth Tarkington, Penrod Chapter 22
- when he passed other children on the street, he practised the habit of feinting a blow; then, as the victim dodged, he rasped out the triumphant horse-laugh which he gradually mastered to horrible perfection.
- 1924, Harold Lamb, Forward
- I spurred on the Turani instead of pulling him in, and stood up in the saddle just as we came upon the two. By feinting a slash at one I made him throw up his saber to guard his head. Then, leaning down as the three ponies came together, I cut at the other’s neck, getting home over his blade. His mount reared and shelled him out of the saddle like a pea out of a pod.
- 2013, Len Levinson, Meat Grinder Hill
- Gomez feinted with his knife and the other man darted backward. He feinted again and the man moved to the side. The man feinted but Gomez didn't budge; he was anxious to get it on.
- 1914, Booth Tarkington, Penrod Chapter 22
Translations
Adjective
feint (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
- (fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
Translations
Noun
feint (plural feints)
- A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.
- Something feigned; an false or pretend appearance; a pretense or stratagem.
- Mr. Courtly's letter is but a feint to get off from a subject […] .
- 2014, Alastair Mann , James VII: Duke and King of Scots
- Toleration was just a feint to achieve the objective of the Catholic mission.
- (fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
- 1858, William Hamilton Maxwell, Flood & field; or, The recollections of a soldier of fortune
- Massena's retreat might only be a feint to draw the allies from their position
- 1999, Allan Skipp, Handbook of Foil Fencing
- It is also possible to deliver a compound riposte by using an indirect feint. The attacking fencer would be open to a compound riposte following a successful parry by their opponent.
- 1858, William Hamilton Maxwell, Flood & field; or, The recollections of a soldier of fortune
Translations
Etymology 2
C19: Variant of faint.
Noun
feint (uncountable)
- The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper.
Anagrams
- Fenit
French
Etymology
Past participle of feindre; from Old French feint, from Latin fictus, probably through the Vulgar Latin form *finctus, with a nasal infix. Compare Italian finto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
feint m (feminine singular feinte, masculine plural feints, feminine plural feintes)
- past participle of feindre
- third-person singular present indicative of feindre
Anagrams
- fient
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
feint c (plural feinten, diminutive feintsje)
- young man
- boy
- boyfriend
- Coordinate term: faam
Derived terms
- frijfeint
Further reading
- “feint”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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ceint
English
Etymology
See cincture.
Noun
ceint (plural ceints)
- (obsolete) a girdle
Anagrams
- centi-, cetin
French
Etymology
From Old French ceint, from Latin cinctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??/
Verb
ceint m (feminine singular ceinte, masculine plural ceints, feminine plural ceintes)
- past participle of ceindre
- third-person singular present indicative of ceindre
Irish
Etymology
From English cent.
Noun
ceint m (genitive singular ceint, nominative plural ceinteanna)
- (money) (American) cent
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- Entries containing “ceint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Old French
Noun
ceint m (oblique plural ceinz or ceintz, nominative singular ceinz or ceintz, nominative plural ceint)
- Alternative form of cent
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