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English
Etymology
From Latin deceptiosus.
Adjective
deceptious (comparative more deceptious, superlative most deceptious)
- (obsolete) Tending to deceive.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:as if those organs had deceptious functions