PHONY


Meaning of PHONY in English

n.

Variant: also -phonia

Function: noun combining form

Etymology: Latin -phonia, from Greek -ph ō nia, from -ph ō nos sounding ― more at -PHONE

1 : sound <tele phony >

2 usually -phonia : speech disorder of a (specified) type <dys phonia >

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.