English
fourbery
Fourbery comes from French fourberie ‘deceit, trickery, guile’, and goes back to fourbe.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfourbe‘guile, deception’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfourberie‘deceit, trickery, guile’
- Englishtodayfourbery
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfourbe‘guile, deception’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentfourberie‘deceit, trickery, guile’
- Englishtodayfourbery
Every English word from French fourbe
Today it means
noun deceit, an unprincipled action.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French fourbe / fourbery