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‖ faux-prude Obs. [Fr.; faux false and prude prude.] A man who simulates prudishness.1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. i. Wks. (1888) 323 In Paris the mode is to flatter the prude, laugh at the faux⁓prude. Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. ‖ faux rare. (fɔːks) [Assumed nom. sing. to L. fauces; the sing. has classical authority only in the ablative.] = fauces in various senses.1828 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. I. 293 The sweet fluid which many of them (plants belonging to Dionæa, Drosera, &c.) secrete near the faux. 1856 Henslow Dict. Bot... Oxford English Dictionary
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