losengerie
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French losengerie; equivalent to losengen + -erie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
losengerie (uncountable)
- Flattery; deceit; trickery.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 40, line 613:
- Flatereres been the develes norices, that norissen hise children with milk of losengerie.
- Flatterers are the devil's nurses, that nourish his children with milk of deceit.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parson's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, section 40, line 613:
- (rare) licentiousness
References[edit]
- “lō̆senǧerī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
losengerie oblique singular, f (oblique plural losengeries, nominative singular losengerie, nominative plural losengeries)
- flattery; especially flattery intended to deceive or trick
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