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    [Noun]  | "cam*ou*flage" | \ ˈka-mə-ˌfläzh \


    1: the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage; also : the disguise so applied

    2: concealment by means of disguise

    3: behavior or artifice designed to deceive or hide

    Origin: 1885 ;

     Borrowed from French, from camoufler "to disguise, make unrecognizable" (originally criminal argot, perhaps derivative from the base of camouflet "a practical joke performed by igniting a paper cornet and blowing the smoke from it into the nose of a sleeping person") + -age {see: |-age|-age}; camouflet, alteration (with replacement of the initial syllable by the expressive prefix ca-) of Middle French chault moufflet, from chault "warm" (going back to Latin calidus "hot, warm") + moufflet, presumably, "breath, puff of air," from moufl- (as in Middle French mouflart "with puffy cheeks," Walloon dialect moufler "to puff up the cheeks") + -et {see: |-et:1|-et:1}; moufl- is an expressive base perhaps borrowed from a West Germanic etymon, whence late Middle High German muffeln "to grumble, mutter," Swiss German müffele "to chew slowly," Middle Dutch moffelaer "braggart, glutton" {mat|cauldron|};

      * Note : This etymology of French camoufler is preferred by Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (vol. 16, p. 575) and Bloch and Wartburg's Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française, 6th edition, 1975 ("… l'idée de «fumée» pouvant très bien servir de base à un mot au sens de «déguiser»" — "the notion of 'smoke' being very well capable of serving as the base for a word with the sense 'to disguise'"). It is cited more recently by Trésor de la langue française. Earlier etymologists (Gamillscheg, Dauzat), as well as Gaston Esnault, compiler of Dictionnaire des argots (Paris, 1965), believed that camoufler was a loan from Italian camuffare "to feign, conceal, disguise, mask," which is remarkably close in both form and sense. Esnault dates the earliest occurrence of camoufler, as a reflexive verb ("to assume a disguise"), to 1821. The Italian verb is much older, first occurring in the fourteenth century. Lessico etimologico italiano places it under *camāre, a variant of *carmāre "to cast a spell, charm" with -rm- assimilated to -m- (for other ideas on the origin of camuffare see: M. Cortelazzo and P. Zolli, Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana).;

    [Verb]  | "camouflage" 


    1: to conceal or disguise by camouflage

    2: to practice camouflage

    Origin: 1917 ;

     Derivative of {see: |camouflage:1|camouflage:1};

    [Noun]  | "camouflages" 


    1: clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else;


      * e.g., " ... the soldiers must wear protective jungle camouflage while on patrol "



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    [Noun]  | "camouflage" 


    1: clothing put on to hide one's true identity or imitate someone or something else;


      * e.g., " ... the soldiers must wear protective jungle camouflage while on patrol "



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    [Verb]  | "camouflages" 


    1: to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity;


      * e.g., " ... camouflaged the military camp as a native village "




    [Verb]  | "camouflage" 


    1: to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity;


      * e.g., " ... camouflaged the military camp as a native village "




     [ "camouflage" ]

    1: Often a type of color-scheme designed to make the wearer blend in with the scenery, to almost appear invisible to others.

      * e.g.,  ... "This is the proper way to spell it, not 'camoflauge'. Don't worry; I JUST found this out too. -^_^- " 

     [ "camouflage" ]

    2: Camouflage was actually developed by the French in 1915. They had a unit called the "Camouflage Division". Now the whole world uses camouflage for their BDU's.

      * e.g.,  ... -me 

     [ "camouflage" ]

    3: Camouflage is a popular color when referring to military-related clothes. Camoflauge even comes in a wide variety of colors, all designed to meld with scenery; different camo-patterns are designed for different backgrounds and scenes.

     [ "camouflagic" ]

    1: The state of passively camouflaging another object or objects .

      * e.g.,  ... The turtle was difficult to spot as the grass was quite camouflagic. 

     [ "camouflage" ]

    1:  The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings. A method of cryptic or concealing coloration that allows an otherwise visible organism or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment through deception.

      * e.g.,  ... Animals and humans use camouflage to protect themselves from attack or get closer to prey. 

     [ "camouflage" ]

    2:  To change or modify so as to prevent recognition of the true identity or character of.

     [ "Camouflage" ]

    1: Camouflage cam-ou-flage |ˈkaməˌflä zh; -ˌfläj|

      * e.g.,  ... But when they looked upon the desert environment, no soldiers could be found -- only the appearance of a giant cookie. It was camouflage that had hidden them. 

     [ "Camouflage" ]

    2: noun

     [ "Camouflage" ]

    3: Often, of a chocolate chip like pattern, it is designed to provide cover in a desert environment. It should work best against a sandy or rocky background.

     [ "camouflage" ]

    1: A gay man/women that is married with wife and children.

      * e.g.,  ... Stephen's camouflage allowed him to go unnoticed at the country club.  

     [ "camouflage" ]

    2: A person that is married to or dating the opposite sex to mask the fact that they're gay.

     [ "Camouflage" ]

    1: Unlock and use Reaper Drone after 15 kills to be able to see the meaning.

      * e.g.,  ... The word camouflage has a hidden meaning. 

     [ "Person of Camouflage" ]

    1: An inclusive term used to refer to members of the the military. Commonly abbreviated as "POC" by media outlets.

      * e.g.,  ... Her: America needs more POC in politics, 

     [ "Urban Camouflage" ]

    1: The uncanny ability to blend in completely with ones surroundings, at night, purely by closing the eyes and mouth simultaneously

      * e.g.,  ... Check out Walcott, that bitch disappeared totally! Epic urban camouflage 

     [ "grinding camouflage" ]

    1: Masturbation

      * e.g.,  ... What are you doing right now, honey? Just grinding camouflage for my tank. 

     [ "Team Camouflage" ]

    1: When two people do the popular team camouflage technique, link together in a god like way and become completely invisible.

      * e.g.,  ... Mike : Camouflage! 

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