well-feigned, ppl. a.
| 1667 Milton P.L. ix. 492 Under shew of Love well feign'd. 1725 Pope Odyss. xviii. 57 Ulysses then with art, And fears well-feign'd, disguis'd his dauntless heart. 1813 Scott Rokeby v. xix, [He] look'd with well-feign'd fear around. 1825 T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Man of Many Fr. (Colburn) 136 The Colonel expressed a well-feigned astonishment at the appearance of the table. |