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daubery

noun
/ˈdɔːbəɹi/

Etymology

From daub + -ery.

  1. derived from dealbāre — “to whiten thoroughly”
  2. derived from dauber — “to whitewash; plaster”
  3. derived from dauben — “to plaster or whitewash; cover with clay; bespatter”
  4. inherited from daub
  5. suffixed as daubery — “daub + ery”

Definitions

  1. A daubing

    A daubing; specious colouring; false pretenses.

    • She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is.
    • No one thought seriously of botany; it was a sort of fringe on the educational garment, pretty enough, but only adapted to girls to be taken as an accomplishment and classed with decorative daubery and other fancy work.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA