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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French supercherie, itself borrowed from Italian soperchieria.
Pronunciation
Noun
supercherie (countable and uncountable, plural supercheries)
- (obsolete) Foul play; an attack made by deceit.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:it is a Superchiery, […] as being wel armed, to charge a man who hath but a piece of a sword, or being sound and strong, to set upon a man sore hurt.
- (now chiefly in French contexts) Deception, deceit; an instance of fraud.
1863, Henry Rogers, Critique on M. Renan's Vie de Jésus:We […] should certainly deny to any teacher of morals, in any age, who resorted to such ‘supercherie’ and charlatanism, any very high place among the instructors and benefactors of mankind.
2005 June 23, Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian:According to France's foreign minister, the British foreign secretary is guilty of perpetrating a supercherie.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian soperchieria, obsolete form of soverchieria (“abuse; bullying”).
Pronunciation
Noun
supercherie f (plural supercheries)
- deception
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