Both Uses of
feigned
in
The Scarlet Letter
- I felt no love, nor feigned any.†
p. 52.8 *feigned = pretended (made a pretense of)
- But it is an error to suppose that our great forefathers—though accustomed to speak and think of human existence as a state merely of trial and warfare, and though unfeignedly prepared to sacrifice goods and life at the behest of duty—made it a matter of conscience to reject such means of comfort, or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp.†
p. 74.3unfeignedly = without pretendingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfeignedly means not and reverses the meaning of feignedly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
pretended -- usually pretending to feel something