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fucus.

dye; (as cosmetic) rouge; bee-glue, propolis; presence/disguise/sham; seaweed;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfuː.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfuː.kus]
  1. seaweed; orchil, orchella weed, Roccella tinctoria

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  2. red dye derived from it; (in general) dyestuff

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  3. rouge

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  4. coloring

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  5. the reddish bee glue, propolis

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  6. pretence, disguise, sham

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    fūcum facere
  7. artificial embellishment of literary style

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos, “seaweed, orchil”).

noun[ˈfuː.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈfuː.kus]
  1. male bee, drone

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  2. unmanned aircraft drone

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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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