Semblant

//ˈsɛmblənt// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One's outward appearance. obsolete

    "But vnder simple shew and semblant plaine / Lurckt false Duessa secretly vnseene […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like; resembling. obsolete

    "their eyes survey The semblant shade"

  2. 2
    Seeming, rather than real; apparent.

    "[C]ommands ... that there be a just real union [of Scotland and England] as of brother and brother, not a false and merely semblant one as of slave and master."

Example

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"But vnder simple shew and semblant plaine / Lurckt false Duessa secretly vnseene […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French semblant. Doublet of simulant.

Related phrases

make semblant

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