Etymology

Trugrede

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Today it means: Oratory designed to mislead its audience; a speech of deception Full definition →

German Trugrede
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromTrugrede
  2. English todayTrugrede

Unadapted borrowing from German Trugrede, from Trug (“deception”) + Rede (“speech”).

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