fictious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɪkʃəs/
Etymology
From ficti(on) + -ous, as if Latin *fictiōsus, from fictiō.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Fictitious.
Man does vvith dangerous Curioſity / Theſe unfathom'd VVonders try: / VVith fancy'd Rules and Arbitrary Lavvs / Matter and Motion he reſtrains, / And ſtudy'd Lines and fictious Circles dravvs; […]
1688, Mat[thew] Prior, “On Exodus 3. 14. I Am that I Am. An Ode. […]”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, stanza VI, page 4:
- (not-comparable, obsolete) Addicted to or characterized by fiction.