English

make-up

/mæɪkˈɐp/
Made-up, false, imaginary, fabricated.

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    Deverbal from make up.

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    • derivedEnglishmake up “To constitute, to compose.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishmaken up

    Words built on it: face-up

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