fucus.
dye; (as cosmetic) rouge; bee-glue, propolis; presence/disguise/sham; seaweed;
Meaning & usage
seaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria
red dye derived from it; (in general) dyestuff
rouge
coloring
the reddish bee glue, propolis
pretence, disguise, sham
fūcum facere
artificial embellishment of literary style
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed, orchil”).
male bee, drone
unmanned aircraft drone
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *foikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoy-ko-s, from *bʰey-. Cognate with Old Irish bech, English bee, and possibly Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”). Sense two is a Semantic loan from English drone.
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