foist.
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
Meaning & usage
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.
To pass off as genuine or worthy.
Where this word comes from
Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).
A thief or pickpocket.
Where this word comes from
Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).
A type of light and fast-sailing ship.
Where this word comes from
From Old French fuste (“stick, boat”), from Latin fustis (“cudgel”).
A cask for wine.
Fustiness; mustiness.
Where this word comes from
From Old French fust (whence also French fût), from Latin fustis.
Pronunciation spelling of first.
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