A venial or trivial falsehood; often used as a jocular euphemism for ‘a lie’.
| 单词 | θ126572 |
| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > trivial (6) fib1611 A venial or trivial falsehood; often used as a jocular euphemism for ‘a lie’. story1648 colloquial. A lie. flaw1725 Scottish. A ‘fib’, falsehood. fibbing1749 the action of the verb, an instance of this. taradiddle1796 A trifling falsehood, a petty lie; a colloquial euphemism for a lie; a ‘fib’. yed1808 A fib, an exaggerated tale (Jamieson). Scottish. |
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