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farder.

to disguise

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/faʁ.de/
  1. to disguise

  2. to make up or paint (the face)

  3. to represent in a false light; to augment with falsehoods or affectations

Where this word comes from

From Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to apply make-up, use cosmetics”), a borrowing from Frankish *farwidōn (“to dye, colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farwjan (“to colour”), German Farbe f (“colour”), Sanskrit पृश्नि (pṛśni, “motley”), Welsh erch (“dark brown”), perhaps Latin pulcher (“beautiful”). By surface analysis, fard + -er.

verb
  1. to weigh heavily; to be burdensome

  2. to settle or sink downwards

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French farder, from Old French farder, from Old French farde. More at farde.

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