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单词 unphoney
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unphoneyadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfəʊni/, U.S. /ˌənˈfoʊni/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and phoney adj. and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, phoney adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + phoney adj.
Originally U.S.
Not phoney, false, or fake; genuine, sincere. Also as n. (with the): that which is not phoney.
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1941 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 31 May 21/2 A place where one may buy completely unphoney Viennese pastries, made by a Viennese lady and served to you.
1959 News Chron. 19 Aug. 4/3 ‘I'm no intellectual,’ he says with unphoney modesty.
1973 Publishers Weekly 26 Mar. 61/3 Individually these British lads (and lass) are enjoyably unphony.
1982 Listener 11 Feb. 27/3 Let our final words honour the exceptionally unphoney—the first performance of Edward Cowie's..Concerto for orchestra.
2008 Times (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Mag.) 18 The charm, the political awareness and unphoney compassion—an American who isn't an embarrassment to America.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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