different between juggle vs imposture

English

Etymology

From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin jocul?ri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangal?n (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d????l/

• Rhymes: -???l

Verb

juggle (third-person singular simple present juggles, present participle juggling, simple past and past participle juggled)

1. To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.

   She can juggle flaming torches.

2. To handle or manage many tasks at once.

   He juggled home, school, and work for two years.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To deceive by trick or artifice.
4. (intransitive, archaic) To joke or jest.
5. (intransitive, archaic) To perform magic tricks.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

juggle (plural juggles)

1. (juggling) The act of throwing and catching each prop at least twice, as opposed to a flash.
2. The handling or managing of many tasks at once.
   • 2018, Catherine Blyth, Enjoy Time (page 100)

     Quit the juggle and monotask.

3. (archaic) The performance of a magic trick.
4. (archaic) A deceit or imposture.

Translations

See also

• too many balls in the air

English

Etymology

From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus

Noun

imposture (plural impostures)

1. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition
   • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 292-293:

     There is something very horrible in the laugh of a dying man: Hovering on the verge of both worlds, he seems to give the lie to both, and proclaim the enjoyments of one, and the hopes of another, alike an imposture.

   Synonym: cheating

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References

• imposture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• imposture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• simper out

French

Noun

imposture f (plural impostures)

1. imposture

Further reading

• “imposture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

imposture f

1. plural of impostura

Anagrams

• stupiremo