fabricator

[fab-ri-keyt]

fab·ri·cate

[fab-ri-keyt]
verb (used with object), fab·ri·cat·ed, fab·ri·cat·ing.
1.
to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
2.
to make by assembling parts or sections.
3.
to devise or invent (a legend, lie, etc.).
4.
to fake; forge (a document, signature, etc.).

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin fabricātus made, past participle of fabricāre. See fabric, -ate1

fab·ri·ca·tive, adjective
fab·ri·ca·tor, noun
qua·si-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
un·fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective
well-fab·ri·cat·ed, adjective


1. See manufacture.

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Fabricator is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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fabricate (ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪt)
 
vb
1.  to make, build, or construct
2.  to devise, invent, or concoct (a story, lie, etc)
3.  to fake or forge
 
[C15: from Latin fabricāre to build, make, from fabrica workshop; see fabric]
 
fabri'cation
 
n
 
'fabricative
 
adj
 
'fabricator
 
n

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