phony
Meanings
Adjective
- Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
Noun
- A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
- A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
- Anything fraudulent or fake.
Verb
- To fake.
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Origin
- Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (1781), from Irish fáinne.
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