单词 | falset |
释义 | † falsetn.1 Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. Falsehood, treachery, fraud; an instance of this. In Scots Law = falsehood n. (see quot. 16091). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] leasec888 falsec1000 falsedom1297 falsehood1297 bula1300 gabbinga1300 variancea1450 falset1482 mendacity?1540 unverityc1572 truthlessness1662 mendaciousness1829 untruthfulness1830 unveracity1839 inveracity1864 untruism1868 falseship- society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > concealment of truth concealmenta1325 falset1482 falsehood1678 1482 Certificate in Surtees Misc. (1890) 40 To put down all falssett and untrewit. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 122 Falsat [1489 Adv. falset] euirmar Sall haue..euill ending. 1555 Sc. Acts Mary (1597) §44 Mony falsettes daylie done within this realme be Notars. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 161 This then standeth in force..although there appeare erroure or falset. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 69 The generall crime of falset, conteines vnder it sundrie speciall crimes. As false Charters or Writtes, false money, false measures, false wechts. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 128 He quha is convict of falset in weghts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † falsetn.2 Obsolete. = falsetto n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > forced voice falset1707 falsetto1774 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > falsetto falset1707 falsetto1774 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 59 A young Man singing..with such a Voice, as seem'd not to come from Heaven..it was a Falset. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 374 The other, just come from Rome, without a beard, sings in Falset. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 174 A great player on the violin in falset. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.11482n.21707 |
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