Feignful
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 False; feigned.
"The bawd, all palsy-twitched, whose feignful glee, When he beholds her face upon the morrow, With sobered brain, will freeze his jollity To speechless horror, till he fain would borrow Thy veil, once more, to hide his young remorseful sorrow."
Example
More examples"The bawd, all palsy-twitched, whose feignful glee, When he beholds her face upon the morrow, With sobered brain, will freeze his jollity To speechless horror, till he fain would borrow Thy veil, once more, to hide his young remorseful sorrow."
Etymology
From feign + -ful.
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