W.o.t.d. - 18 September

Ersatz

[adj. UR-zats or UR-sats or ur-ZATS or ur-SATS]

Walking around a flea market, you may be impressed by the prices on brand name purses or sunglasses, but these items are likely to be ersatz.

Ersatz describes something that serves as a substitute or an imitation of the original. It is usually of inferior quality.

Near synonyms include: counterfeit, phony, inauthentic, synthetic, or artificial.

Ersatz was borrowed from the German in the 1870s. It is a derivation of ersetzen (to replace) from the Old High Germanic irsezzan which combines ir- (out) and sezzan (to set).


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