Definitions
To paint, as the cheeks or face.
Word origin
The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”).
Used in a sentence
“The fairest are but farded like the face of Jezebel […]”
“[Y]e handle this matter too tenderly, nor will my conscience permit me to fard or daub over the causes of divine wrath […]”
“And ſone as he perſavys quhar that went / Forganyſt him, cumand throu greſy ſward, / Hys derreſt ſon Ene with hasty fard, / Baith his handys joyfull furthſtracht he than;[…]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rouge the cheeks”4 letters
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