Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A false or pretended friend; a secret enemy.
- n. A friend at one's back; a backer.
Wiktionary
- n. A false friend; a secret enemy.
- n. A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
- n. A hangnail.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A secret enemy.
Etymologies
- From back- + friend. (Wiktionary)
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Lists
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Misdirector's Cut
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...sneaky, legerdemain, flimflam, unwittingly, clandestine, hornswoggle, sleveen, subversion, espionage, incognito, subreption, gank and 147 more...
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Friend or Foe
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comrade, netop, bro, bra, brah, girl, boy, dude, homie, dawg, best friend, BFF and 60 more...
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Minerva's Words
yestereve, milady, milord, abigail, nadir, samogon, au fait, lagniappe, swain, an't, fadge, oblomovism and 2 more...
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sionnach So, what we would call a frenemy? Jan 16, 2009
minerva Dr. Johnson's dictionary: from back and friend. A friend back-wards; that is, an enemy in secret. Dr. Johnson's dictionary blog
From OED: A pretended or false friend; an enemy who pretends friendship; a secret or unavowed enemy.
Jan 16, 2009