† fucatiousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Of the nature of ‘fucation’, fair-seeming, specious, deceitful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective]
fairOE
seeming1340
feignedc1374
colourablea1400
whitea1413
coloured?c1425
satiablec1487
provable1588
specious1611
well-seeminga1616
superficial1616
meretricious1633
glosseda1640
probable1639
spurious1646
fucatious1654
ostensible1762
well-looking1811
semblant1840
1654 R. Vilvain Theoremata Theologica ii. f. 78 To offer a courtesy under impossible condition, is frivolous or fucatious.
1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 38 Varnished over with fucatious semblances of truth.
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