treget

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French tregeter (“to throw around”), ultimately from Latin trans + jacere (“to throw”).

Noun

treget

  1. trickery
    • c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of the Rose. 6266-8.
      For, sith they coude not perceyve
      His treget and his crueltee,
      They wolde him folowe, al wolde he flee.

Descendants
  • English: treget
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