Definitions for fig leaf
fig leaf

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fig leafnoun

   a leaf from a fig tree

2. fig leafnoun

   a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful

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1. fig leaf

   The leaf from a fig tree.

2. fig leaf

   An ornamental design shaped like the leaf of a fig tree, used in architecture; also, a design shaped like a fig leaf to cover genitalia in sculpture or paintings -- in reference to the biblical story in Genesis of Adam and Eve, who covered their privates with fig leaves.

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1. fig leafnoun

   A leaf of the fig plant.

2. fig leafnoun

   A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).

3. fig leafnoun

   Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

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1. fig leaf

   A fig leaf broadly refers to a cover-up or disguise intended to conceal something regarded as shameful or embarrassing. It originates from the biblical story of Adam and Eve who, after eating the forbidden fruit, realized they were naked and used fig leaves to cover themselves. It can also literally refer to the leaf of a fig tree.

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1. Fig leaf

   A fig leaf is literally a leaf of the fig tree. The term is widely used figuratively associated with the covering up of an act or an object that is embarrassing or distasteful with something of innocuous appearance. The term is a metaphorical reference to the Biblical Book of Genesis, in which Adam and Eve used fig leaves to cover their nudity after eating the fruit from the Tree of knowledge of good and evil. Sometimes paintings and statues had the genitals of their subjects covered by a representation of an actual fig leaf or similar object, either as part of the work or added afterwards for perceived modesty.

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How to pronounce fig leaf?

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   British

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fig leaf in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fig leaf in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of fig leaf in a Sentence

1. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

   Is Russia really committed to a peace process or is it using the peace process as a fig leaf to try to deliver some kind of military victory for Assad that creates an Alawite mini state in the northwest of Syria?

2. Dev Wakeley:

   No one had any faith that the state of Alabama was going to have voters' best interests at heart, we expected a little more of an attempt at a fig leaf by Supreme Courts.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fig leaf
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=fig leaf
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fig_Leaf
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fig leaf