offūcĭa, ae, f. [ob-fucus], a paint, wash for the face (ante- and post-class.).
I Lit.: pigmentum ullum, neque cerussam Melinumve neque aliam ullam offuciam, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 107.—
II Trop., a trick , delusion , Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 123: id praestigiarum atque offuciarum genus, delusions , Gell. 14, 1, 2.