de·cep·tive

[dih-sep-tiv]
adjective
1.
apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
2.
perceptually misleading: It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive.

Origin:
1605–15; < Medieval Latin dēceptīvus, equivalent to Latin dēcept(us) (see deception) + -īvus -ive

de·cep·tive·ly, adverb
de·cep·tive·ness, noun
non·de·cep·tive, adjective
non·de·cep·tive·ly, adverb
non·de·cep·tive·ness, noun
un·de·cep·tive, adjective
un·de·cep·tive·ly, adverb
un·de·cep·tive·ness, noun


1. delusive, fallacious, specious.
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deceptive (dɪˈsɛptɪv) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  likely or designed to deceive; misleading: appearances can be deceptive
2.  music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted
 
de'ceptively
 
adv
 
de'ceptiveness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

deceptive
1610s, from Fr. deceptif (late 14c.), from M.L. deceptivus, from decept-, pp. stem of L. decipere (see deceive). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c.1600), from Fr. deceptieux, from M.L. deceptiosus, from deceptionem. Related: Deceptively (1825).
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