单词 | deceptive |
释义 | deceptiveadj. a. Apt or tending to deceive, having the character of deceiving. deceptive cadence (Music): false or interrupted cadence: see false adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > deceptive, misleading swikelc1000 fellc1300 deceivable1303 falselya1350 blind1393 deceivant1393 fallacec1400 sinister1411 deceivousa1425 deceitful1483 fallacious1509 deceiving?a1513 falsesome1533 sophistical1558 misconceited1595 deceptive1611 abusable1660 self-deceptive1810 flambuginous1813 false1842 funny1903 mamaguy1973 braidie- 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Deceptif, deceptiue, deceitfull, deceiuing. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Deceptive, deceitful, deceiving, wily, crafty, full of subtilty. c1780 V. Knox Remarks Gram. Schools (R.) It is to be feared..that this mode of education..is ultimately deceptive. 1787 F. Hargrave Tracts, Case of Impositions (R.) The deceptive verbal criticism from words no longer understood. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 239 A mere shadow and deceptive nonentity. 1874 J. Morley On Compromise 132 We see the same men..kneeling, rising, bowing, with deceptive solemnity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > delusive nature fallacy1646 prestigiousness1646 delusivenessa1652 deceptive1652 phantastry1656 unsolidnessa1684 illusiveness1727 illusoriness1727 deceptiveness1837 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 268 By learning the deceptive, and proving the experience, of the Magical art. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1611 |
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