ARTIFICIAL
ADJECTIVES
1646 ► FACTITIOUS artificial, made by or resulting from art → obs.
1909 ► FAKE artificial; made in imitation without fraudulent intent
1945 ► HOKEY → HOKIE → HOKY sentimentally or melodramatically artificial; pretentious → sl., orig. US
1985 ► FACIT artificial → US (Bk.)
NOUNS
1940 ► FALSIE → FALSY anything artificial or false; a prosthesis → Amer. sl.
VERBS
1628 ► ART to make artificial → obs. rare
1935 ► HOKE UP to render something artificial or insincere → sl., orig. US
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