fallacieux

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Latin fallaciōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.la.sjø/

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Adjective

fallacieux (feminine fallacieuse, masculine plural fallacieux, feminine plural fallacieuses)

1. fallacious (characterized by fallacy; false or mistaken)

   Synonyms: mensonger, spécieux, captieux

2. 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.

Further reading

• “fallacieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.