f 4 e 1 i 1 g 2 n 1
5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb make believe with the intent to deceive
verb make a pretence of
originFrom Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint, figment and fiction.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0