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Language Translation for : Fictitious
| Spanish: | ficticio, | German: | erfunden, | Japanese: | 偽の |
| fic·ti·tious
(fĭk-tĭsh'əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[From Latin fictīcius, from fictus, past participle of fingere, to form; see fiction.] fic·ti'tious·ly adv., fic·ti'tious·ness n. |
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| fictitious | |
adjective | |
| 1. | formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character" [syn: fabricated] |
| 2. | adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: assumed] |
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Main Entry: fic·ti·tious
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a legal fiction
2 : FALSE —fic·ti·tious·ly adverb —fic·ti·tious·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Fictitious
Fic*ti"tious\, a. [L. fictitius. See Fiction.] Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame. The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. --Pope. -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.
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