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fallacious, a.|fəˈleɪʃəs|
[f. L. fallāci-a (see fallacy) + -ous. Cf. F. fallacieux. In early use it appears with sense derived from that of the n.; subsequently (in accordance with the usual tendency of adjs. in -acious) it came to be taken as the representative of L. fallax.]
1. Of an argument, syllogism, etc.: Containing a fallacy.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xi. xx, Seven sophyms full hard and fallacyous Thys ydre used in preposicion Unto the people. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 228, I undertake to prove every Argument of his..to be vain and fallacious. 1788Reid Aristotle's Log. v. §3. 116 Such fallacious syllogisms are considered in this treatise. 1864Bowen Logic ix. 294 Those fallacious reasonings which are correct in form.
2.
†a. Of persons: Deceitful (obs.).
b. Of things: Deceptive, misleading.
a.1663Cowley The Complaint viii, Teach me not then, O thou fallacious Muse, The Court..t'accuse. 1769Burke Late State Nat. Wks. 1842 I. 82 This author..is only slovenly and inaccurate, and not fallacious.
b.1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋305 A fallacious word, signifying contrary to what it pretends. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) VI. 2024 A very fallacious method of judging. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 434 No evidence is more fallacious than that which rests upon isolated facts.
3. That causes disappointment; mocking expectation, delusive.
1667Milton P.L. ix. 1046 That fallacious Fruit. 1741Middleton Cicero II. x. 385 False and fallacious hopes. 1877Sparrow Serm. i. 11 Nor is it a deceitful joy..a fallacious peace. |