faux-fuyant

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

faux-fuyant

from Old French forsfuyant "who is subject to the forsfuyance" ("fee paid by a serf to have the right to pass into another domain"), composed of fors, from Latin foris "outside" and fuyant, present participle of fuir "to flee", altered in the 16th century to faux-fuyant under the influence of faux "false".

Definition

Plural

faux-fuyants

Translations

  • germangerman:Umschweif
  • englishenglish:resort
  • danishdanish:udflugt
  • dutchdutch:toevlucht

See also

faux-fuyants (cn.)