English search results for: sham

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. false accusation/claim/statement/pretenses/objection
  2. quibble
  3. sophistry, sham
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 2nd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. (as cosmetic) rouge
  2. bee-glue, propolis
  3. dye
  4. presence/disguise/sham
  5. seaweed
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. false accusation/claim/statement/pretenses/objection
  2. quibble
  3. sophistry, sham
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. sham, bogus
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#5

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of a mock/sham sale/marriage
  2. poor, worthless
  3. [~ senex => one used in sham]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#6

adjective

Definitions:

  1. artificial
  2. counterfeit, not genuine
  3. feigned, pretended, sham
  4. fictitious
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#7

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of a mock/sham sale/marriage
  2. poor, worthless
  3. [~ senex => one used in sham]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#8

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. sham bidder at an auction, a puffer, shill
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Charles Beard, “Cassell’s Latin Dictionary”, 1892 (CAS)
#9

adverb

Definitions:

  1. by way of pretense/sham
  2. falsely
  3. in fictitious/pretended manner
  4. in pretense
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#10

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: masculine

Definitions:

  1. man acting as fictitious purchaser in coemptio (sham marriage/sale)
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)