Pouf vs False - What's the difference?
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(historical) A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
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(dressmaking) Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
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* 1971 , ‘Slaughter at the Summer Palace’, Time , 26 Aug 1971:
A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.) .
(dated) A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle) .
Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun pouf
is (historical) a headdress for women popular in 18th century france.As an interjection pouf
is onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.pouf
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pouf, (pouff), of imitative origin; compare (puff).Alternative forms
* pouffeNoun
(en noun)citation
- The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer.
- Raeburn's handsome head was resting against the back of his chair; Eve sat on a pouf in front of the fire.
- Italian Ambassador Amedeo Guillet, who makes it a practice never to eat at midday, lounged on a Moroccan pouf reading The Peter Principle .
Synonyms
* (homosexual) horse's hoof (cockney rhyming slang), poofta; pooftah; poofter; poofEtymology 2
Imitative.Alternative forms
poofInterjection
(en interjection)- Pouf , he was gone.
Anagrams
* ----false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}