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sham

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æm/
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

Probably a dialectal form of shame.

Adjective

sham

  1. Intended to deceive; false.
  2. counterfeit; unreal
    • 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
      They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
Synonyms
  • mock
  • See also Thesaurus:fake
Antonyms
  • genuine
  • sincere
  • real
Derived terms
  • shammish
Translations

Noun

sham (countable and uncountable, plural shams)

  1. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
  2. Trickery, hoaxing.
  3. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  4. A decorative cover for a pillow.
Derived terms
  • shamateur
Translations
See also
  • pillow sham

Verb

sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)

  1. To deceive, cheat, lie.
  2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
  3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

sham (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Champagne.
    • (Can we find and add a quotation of William Makepeace Thackeray to this entry?)
      So I orders a bottle, as if for myself; and, 'Ma'am,' says I, 'will you take a glass of Sham — just one?'

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • AMHS, HMAS, HSAM, Hams, MASH, MHAs, MSHA, Mahs, Mash, SAHM, Sahm, hams, mash

Karakalpak

Etymology

From Arabic ????

Noun

sham

  1. candle

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic ????

Noun

sham (plural shamlar)

  1. candle

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travesty

English

Etymology

From French travesti (disguised, burlesqued), past participle of travestir (to disguise), borrowed from Italian travestire (to dress up, disguise), from tra- (across) +? vestire (to dress), from Latin vesti? (to clothe, dress), from Proto-Italic *westis (clothing), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (dressing) from verbal root *wes- (to dress, clothe); cognate to English wear. Doublet of transvest.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tr?v??s-t?, tr?v??s-t?, IPA(key): /?t?æv.?s.ti/, /?t?æv.?s.ti/
  • Hyphenation: trav?es?ty

Noun

travesty (plural travesties)

  1. An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
    • 1845, Thomas De Quincey, William Godwin
      The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first.
  2. A parody or stylistic imitation.
  3. (derogatory) A grossly inferior imitation.
    A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
  4. (colloquial, proscribed) An appalling version of something.

Synonyms

  • caricature
  • feign

Antonyms

  • veracity

Related terms

Translations

Verb

travesty (third-person singular simple present travesties, present participle travestying, simple past and past participle travestied)

  1. (transitive) To make a travesty of; to parody.

Further reading

  • travesty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • travesty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • travesty at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “travesty”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

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