foist

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).

And to think she's been foisted on to me, of all people!" — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil
Moreover upon these grounds they have foisted in their Robidilardic, or Lapiturolive law. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
"We don't want any Fourth Form girls foisted on us!" proclaimed Rachel Hunter. — The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story, Angela Brazil

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