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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Artificial; fake: faux pearls.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Fake or artificial

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. See fauces.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

Etymologies

  1. From French faux. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from Old French fals; see false. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • yarb I think it's still just about within 7 days, bilby. It seems that a load of (perhaps related) newbies added certain words this week. Jan 11, 2009

  • bilby In fact there are six 'most wordied' currently in double figures. Is it still in the 'last seven days' or has the time period been extended? Jan 11, 2009

  • dontcry HARRRRRRRRRR! Jan 8, 2009

  • yarb Now we're up to 17. Is wordie achieving critical mass? Or is it all a fauxnomenon? Jan 8, 2009

  • yarb Astounding!

    Look at poor benevolent, currently with 10 listings - at any other time it would have made the top spot. Jan 7, 2009

  • sionnach
    15 now, yarb. I added it just for you. Now I'm going to have to delete something to get back to my pleasing 14K total. Jan 7, 2009

  • yarb Listed 12 times in the last seven days, which is the most I can remember seeing in my time monitoring the "most wordied" list.
    Edit: 14! Jan 6, 2009

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‘faux’ has been looked up 4125 times, loved by 3 people, added to 54 lists, commented on 7 times, and has a Scrabble score of 14.