† fucateadj.
Obsolete.
Artificially coloured, beautified with paint; hence, falsified, disguised, counterfeit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective] > having or given specious appearance
paintedc1390
daubedc1400
cloakeda1500
fucate1531
fucated1535
coloured1537
flim-flam1577
tinsel1595
varnisheda1616
punkish1616
white-limeda1631
pargeted1645
tinselled1651
vizarded1663
lacquered1687
glossy1698
catchpenny1705
catch-shilling1808
tinselly1811
whitewashed1859
shoddy1882
veneered1884
hollowed-out1890
face-lifted1941
suede shoe1952
cosmetic1955
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. iv. sig. Ziii In vertue may be nothing fucate or counterfayte.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Pvv What setting foorth of fucate & deceiuable wares.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. i. ii. iii. 513 Vertue and honesty are as great motiues..especially if they be sincere and true, and not fucate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† fucatev.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
transitive. To paint, counterfeit.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation
paintc1390
fucate1535
flatter1581
embroider1614
over-picturea1616
heighten1731
overpaint1749
overtell1755
overcolour1811
overdrawa1817
dramatize1823
sensationalize1863
overdress1866
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 20 For the trowth knoweth no fucated, polesshed and paynted oracion.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Fucate, to lay on a colour, to paint, to counterfeit.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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