counterfeitnessn.
/ˈkaʊntəfɪtnɪs/ The quality of being counterfeit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > quality of
counterfeitness1557
adulteration1609
supposititiousness1638
apocryphalness1641
adulterateness1655
forgery1665
falsity1678
spuriousness1818
spuriosity1863
1557 J. Cheke Let. in R. Ascham Scholemaster Introd. 5 Then doth our tung naturallie..vtter her meaning, when she bouroweth no conterfeitness of other tunges to attire her self withall.
1645 R. Garner Treat. Baptisme 3 The first Touchstone..whereby the..counterfeitnesse of the same will be discovered.
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