5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
noun something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
noun a person who makes deceitful pretenses
verb make a pretence of
originEtymology tree Proto-Semitic *śamš- Arabic شَمْس (šams)bor. English Shams Borrowed from Arabic شَمْس (šams).
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