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deceptious

deceptious adjective: deceptive, tending to deceive.

Adjective

deceptious (comparative more deceptious, superlative most deceptious)

  1. (obsolete) deceptive, tending to deceive.
    • as if those organs had deceptious functionsc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of deceptious

comparativemore deceptious
superlativemost deceptious

Origin of deceptious

From Latin deceptiosus.

Questions about deceptious

What does deceptious mean?
Deceptious means deceptive, tending to deceive.
What part of speech is deceptious?
Deceptious is an adjective.

Words near deceptious in the dictionary

  1. deceptional
  2. deceptionism
  3. deceptionist
  4. deceptionists
  5. deceptions
  6. deceptious
  7. deceptiously
  8. deceptitious
  9. deceptive
  10. deceptive advertising
  11. deceptive cadence

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