WORD OF THE DAY: FUCATE

​​FUCATE
 
ADJ.
artificially coloured, beautified with paint; hence, falsified, disguised, counterfeit ...1531 obs.

VERB
to colour, to paint, to counterfeit ...1535 obs.
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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin fūcātus, past participle of fūcāre (to paint, rouge), from fūcus (n. paint or cosmetic for beautifying the skin)
 
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1531 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE
"...Finally all disceyte and dissimulation, in the opinion of them whiche exactely honoure iustyce, is nerre to dispraise than commendation, all though that therof mought ensue some thinge that were good. For in vertue may be nothing fucate or counterfayte...."
From: The Boke Named The Governour
- Thomas Elyot
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