hoax
English
/həʊks/, /hoʊks/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
Etymology
Derived from Latin iocus (joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play).
Origin
Latin
iocus
Gloss
joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
😜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hoaxable English
- hoaxee English
- hoaxer English
- hoaxical English
- hoaxlike English
- hoaxster English
- hoaxter English
- joke English
- unhoaxable English
- *iocāle Latin
- *jocale Latin
- gaudium Latin
- iocus Latin
- iocus partītus Latin
- Jux German
- *yek- Proto-Indo-European
- geu Old French
- hoaks Indonesian
- hokë Albanian
- jogo Old Portuguese
- *jokos Proto-Italic