Faux definitions

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The definition of faux is something that is not real or something that is an imitation.

An example of faux is a fake designer purse that you can buy on the street corner for $10.00.

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Artificial; fake.

Faux pearls.

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False or artificial.

Carvings of faux ivory.

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Clothing made from faux leather.

A faux-archaic style of speech.

Faux wine.

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Origin of faux

French from Old French fals false

Sentence Examples

  • Sofi said with faux innocence.

  • "Oh, you mean this?" she asked with faux innocence.

  • Handsome and lean, he wore slacks and a collared shirt left open at the neck with the long sleeve meticulously rolled in a faux casual style.

  • She'd had an impending sense of doom since meeting Gabriel on the street outside the faux police station, but this feeling was…defined.

  • (1888), which latter must, however, be read with the knowledge of many forged letters, noticed in P. Grimblot's Faux autographes de Madame de Maintenon.

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