fause

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English faus, from Old English fals.

Adjective

fause (comparative mair fause, superlative maist fause)

  1. false
    She's fair and fause that causes my smart; / I lo'ed her meikle and lang; (Robert Burns, ‘She's Fair And Fause’)

References

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English faus, fals, from Old English fals.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔːs/, /fɔɫs/, /vaɫs/

Adjective

fause

  1. false
    Synonym: faulsa

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39
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