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phony
1or ·Ա
[ foh-nee ]
adjective
phonier, phoniest.
- not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit:
a phony diamond.
- false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted:
a phony explanation.
- insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious:
a phony sales representative.
noun
plural phonies.
- something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
Synonyms: , ,
- an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person:
He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies.
verb (used with object)
phonied, phonying.
- to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate (often followed by up ):
to phony up a document.
-phony
2- a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phone:
telephony.
-phony
1combining form
- indicating a specified type of sound
euphony
cacophony
phony
2/ ˈəʊɪ /
adjective
- a variant spelling (esp US) of phoney
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Derived Forms
- -phonic, combining_form:in_adjective
- ˈDzԾԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms
- n· adverb
- n·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phony1
1895–1900; perhaps alteration and respelling of fawney (slang) finger ring (< Irish ڲáԲԱ ), if taken to mean “false” in the phrase fawney rig a confidence game in which a brass ring is sold as a gold one
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of phony1
from Greek -ōԾ, from ōŧ sound
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