cozenage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception. uncountable
    — They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: […]
  2. An instance of cozening; a scam. countable
    — When I receive your Lines, my dear Princess, and find there Expressions of a Passion; though Reason and my own Immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the Cozenage so pleasing to me, that I (brib'd by my own Desires) believe them still before the other.

词形变化

cozenages plural cousenage alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English cozen
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English cozenage
From cozen + -age.
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