supercherie
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French supercherie, from Italian soperchieria.
Noun [edit]
supercherie (countable and uncountable; plural supercheries)
- (obsolete) foul play; an attack made by deceit.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
- it is a Superchiery, [...] as being wel armed, to charge a man who hath but a piece of a sword, or being sound and strong, to set upon a man sore hurt.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
- (obsolete) deception, deceit; fraud.
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian soperchieria.
Noun [edit]
supercherie f (plural supercheries)
