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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Latin fallaciōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fallacieux (feminine fallacieuse, masculine plural fallacieux, feminine plural fallacieuses)
- fallacious (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)
- Synonyms: mensonger, spécieux, captieux
- deceptive, disingenuous
- Synonyms: trompeur, mensonger
1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Angélique”, in Les Filles du feu [The Daughters of Fire]:Ces jeunes filles fallacieuses nous firent faire une route bien étrange ; - il faut ajouter qu’il pleuvait.- These deceptive young girls made us take quite the strange road;—it should be added that it was raining.
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