simular

false; specious; counterfeit

Adjective

From Latin simulārius, from simulō (“to simulate”).

One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
- Hide thee, thou bloody hand, Thou perjured, and thou simular of virtue That art incestuous. - c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies...
- Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchres. - 1848, William Tyndale, edited by Henry Walter, Doctrinal treatises and introductions to different portions of the Holy...