fictious

English

Etymology

From ficti(on) +‎ -ous,[1] as if Latin *fictiōsus, from fictiō.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪkʃəs/

Adjective

fictious (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Fictitious.
    • 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:
      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; […]
  2. (obsolete) Addicted to or characterized by fiction.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “fictious, adj.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “fictious, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.