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   varnish

   /ˈvɑːnɪʃ/

   noun

   • 1. resin dissolved in a liquid for applying on wood, metal, or other materials to form a hard, clear, shiny surface when dry: "several coats of varnish"
   • ▪ short for nail varnish
   • ▪ an external or superficially attractive appearance of a specific quality: "an outward varnish of civilization"

   verb

   • 1. apply varnish to: "we stripped the floor and varnished it"
   • ▪ disguise or gloss over (a fact): "they varnished over their vices, and exaggerated their merit"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French vernis, from medieval Latin veronix ‘fragrant resin, sandarac’ or medieval Greek berenikē, probably from Berenice, a town in Cyrenaica.

   Derivatives

   • 1. varnisher noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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