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false 1. (esp of plants) superficially resembling the species specified 2. Music a. (of a note, interval, etc.) out of tune b. (of the interval of a perfect fourth or fifth) decreased by a semitone c. (of a cadence) interrupted or imperfect
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| The faces of these false heads were painted in many ridiculous ways, according to the whims of the owners, and these big, burly creatures looked so whimsical and absurd in their queer masks that they were called "Whimsies. But the false bride said to the prince, 'Dear husband, pray do me one piece of kindness. Again, there is a composite kind of recognition involving false inference on the part of one of the characters, as in the Odysseus Disguised as a Messenger. |
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