First Known Use: circa 1587
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foist
verb \ˈfȯist\
: to force someone to accept (something that is not good or not wanted)
Full Definition of FOIST
transitive verb
1
a : to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b : to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit
2
: to pass off as genuine or worthy <foist costly and valueless products on the public — Jonathan Spivak>
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Origin of FOIST
probably from obsolete Dutch vuisten to take into one's hand, from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst fist; akin to Old English fȳst fist
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