False"hood (?), n. [False + -
hood] 1. Want of truth or accuracy; an
untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation;
falsity.
Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a
falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong
hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth
it.
Fuller.
2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what
is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a
lie.
3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy;
unfaithfulness.
Betrayed by falsehood of his
guard.
Shak.
4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an
imposture.
For his molten image is falsehood.
Jer. x. 14.
No falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper.
Milton.
Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See
Falsity.
