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semblant

noun
/ˈsɛmblənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French semblant. Doublet of simulant.

  1. borrowed from semblant

Definitions

  1. One's outward appearance.

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

  2. Like

    Like; resembling.

    • their eyes survey The semblant shade

  3. Seeming, rather than real

    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.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for semblant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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