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uncounterfeited

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not counterfeited; genuine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1755, Eliza Haywood (pseudonym Exploralibus), The Invisible Spy, London: T. Gardner, Volume 3, Book 6, Chapter 1, p. 175, But how great soever the satisfaction was which this happy couple received from my behaviour towards them, I think it could scarce exceed what I felt in my own bosom, on finding so perfect a harmony, so uncounterfeited a tenderness, so warm an affection, reciprocally given and paid between two persons united in the manner they were [...]

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History

Etymology

From un- + counterfeited.