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fallax

/ˈfæləks/

fallax noun: cavillation; petty criticism.

Noun

fallax (plural fallaxes)

  1. (obsolete) cavillation; petty criticism
    • First, after the sum of my fourth book, collected as pleaseth you, at the first dash you begin with an untrue report, joined to a subtle deceit or fallax, saying that my chief purpose that evil men receive not the body and blood of Christ in the sacrament.a. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, An Answer to a Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation devised by Stephen Gadiner

Forms of fallax

pluralfallaxes

Origin of fallax

Borrowed from Latin fallāx (“deceptive”).

Questions about fallax

What does fallax mean?
Fallax means cavillation; petty criticism.
What part of speech is fallax?
Fallax is a noun.
How do you pronounce fallax?
Fallax is pronounced /ˈfæləks/.
What is the plural of fallax?
The plural of fallax is fallaxes.

Words near fallax in the dictionary

  1. fallals
  2. Fallas
  3. Fallases
  4. fallaway
  5. fallaways
  6. fallax
  7. fallaxes
  8. fallaxidin
  9. fallaxidins
  10. fallaxin
  11. fallback

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