fig leaf

Definition of Fig Leaf in English :

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Noun

1. fig leaf

a leaf from a fig tree

2. fig leaf

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fig Leaf

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noun

1.

a leaf from a fig tree

2.

a representation of a leaf, usually a vine leaf rather than an actual fig leaf, used in painting or sculpture to cover the genitals of nude figures

3.

a device intended to conceal something regarded as shameful or indecent

Fig Leaf

see synonyms of fig leaf

1.

a leaf of a fig tree

2.

a representation of such a leaf used, as in sculpture, to conceal the genitals of a nude

3.

anything intended to conceal

Fig Leaf

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n.

1. A stylized representation of the leaf of a fig, used especially to conceal genitals depicted in works of art.

2. Something that serves as a usually insufficient concealment or camouflage: "Many fallen executives are still allowed the fig leaf of 'resignation'" (David Pauly).

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