Feign
feyn (fān)
-verb (used with object)
1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.
-verb (used with object)
to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
The Back Story
Okay, I'm kind-of ashamed of this one. I should have noticed earlier. For the past 2 or 3 years at least I've seen this word frequently enough staring right at me, to which I made an assumption. Dangerous.
In this particular context, it made sense, sort of. I thought feigned meant hidden. So going back to the staring me in the face part. I have a friend whose blog is called FeignedMischief -- Hidden Mischief, it makes sense in a roundabout kindof way, so it must be right, surely, stored in memory, or RAM if you will.
Now, in 2008 when I think to myself I should learn more words, I vow to double check these "assumptions" that I made. Conveniently, in my readings I come across this one where it just doesn't make sense under the context, so I double check it .. and here we are. Named & Shamed. Sorry Simone, for ever doubting your solemn nature. You must be a true thespian. ;)
Oh Ram, I don't deserve this generosity, this is much too kind! Thank you.
I suppose you can now come up with a lot of ways to describe me after getting to the roots of what feigned mischief means. Just the tip of the iceberg really mate!
Love, love this part too:
Sorry Simone, for ever doubting your solemn nature. You must be a true thespian. ;)