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fraudulent
English
Etymology
From Middle English fraudulent, from Old French fraudulent, from Latin fraudulentus, from fraus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???.d??.l?nt/, /?f???.dj?.l?nt/, /?f???d?.l?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /?f??.d??.l?nt/, /?f??d?.l?nt/
Adjective
fraudulent (comparative more fraudulent, superlative most fraudulent)
- Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
- False, phony.
- He tried to pass a fraudulent check.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "fraudulent" is often applied: claim, practice, transfer, scheme, transaction, document, intent, misrepresentation, act, action, mortgage, check, conveyance, accounting, bankruptcy, reporting, etc.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:deceptive
- See also Thesaurus:fake
Derived terms
- fraudulently
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fraudulentus.
Adjective
fraudulent (feminine fraudulenta, masculine plural fraudulents, feminine plural fraudulentes)
- fraudulent
Derived terms
- fraudulentament
Related terms
- frau
- fraudulència
Further reading
- “fraudulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fraudulent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “fraudulent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fraudulent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fraudelent, ffraudulent
Etymology
From Middle French fraudulent, itself borrowed from Latin fraudulentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?frau?diu?l?nt/, /?frau?dil?nt/
Adjective
fraudulent
- Dishonest, fraudulent; based on fraud.
- Necrotic, rotting; infected with or afflicted with gangrene.
Descendants
- English: fraudulent
References
- “fraude, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-06.
fraudulent From the web:
cunning
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?n??
- IPA(key): /?k?n??/
Etymology 1
From Middle English cunning, kunning, konnyng, alteration of earlier Middle English cunninde, kunnende, cunnand, from Old English cunnende, present participle of cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”), equivalent to con +? -ing. Cognate with Scots cunnand (“cunning”), German könnend (“able to do”), Icelandic kunnandi (“cunning”). More at con, can.
Adjective
cunning (comparative more cunning, superlative most cunning)
- Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
- They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere.
- (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
- Esau was a cunning hunter.
- a cunning workman
- (obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
- cunning work
- (US, colloquial, dated, New England) Cute, appealing.
- a cunning little boy
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bartlett to this entry?)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:wily
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English cunning, kunnyng, partially from Old English *cunning (verbal noun), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”); partially from Old English cunnung (“knowledge, trial, probation, experience, contact, carnal knowledge”), from cunnian (“to search into, try, test, seek for, explore, investigate, experience, have experience of, to make trial of, know”), equivalent to con +? -ing.
Noun
cunning (countable and uncountable, plural cunnings)
- Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 236d.
- indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 236d.
- Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[1]:
- Caliban: As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene ii[1]:
- The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
- The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
- the cunning of the fox or hare
- (obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
Synonyms
- craftiness
- foxship
- list
Translations
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