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SYLLABICATION:pos·tiche
PRONUNCIATION:  pô-stsh, p-
NOUN:1. Something false; a sham. 2. A small hairpiece; a toupee.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Italian posticcio, from posto, added (from Latin positus, past participle of pnere, to place)or from Vulgar Latin *appostcius (alteration of Latin appositus, past participle of appnere, to place by, to add ( ad-, ad- + pnere, to place; see apo- in Appendix I).
 
 
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