Etymology

farcy

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Today it means: The horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form. Full definition →

French farcin ← Latin farcīminum
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  1. Latin · derived fromfarcīminum“a disease of horses”
  2. French · borrowed fromfarcin
  3. English todayfarcy

From French farcin, from Latin farcīminum (“a disease of horses”), from farciō (“to stuff, to fill”). See farce.

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