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fictious

/ˈfɪkʃəs/

fictious adjective: fictitious.

Adjective

fictious (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Fictitious.
    • Man does vvith dangerous Curioſity / Theſe unfathom'd VVonders try: / VVith fancy'd Rules and Arbitrary Lavvs / Matter and Motion he reſtrains, / And ſtudy'd Lines and fictious Circles dravvs; […]1688, Mat[thew] Prior, “On Exodus 3. 14. I Am that I Am. An Ode. […]”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1709, →OCLC, stanza VI, page 4
  2. (obsolete) Addicted to or characterized by fiction.

Origin of fictious

From ficti(on) + -ous, as if Latin *fictiōsus, from fictiō.

Words formed from fictious

Questions about fictious

What does fictious mean?
Fictious means fictitious.
What part of speech is fictious?
Fictious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fictious?
Fictious is pronounced /ˈfɪkʃəs/.

Words near fictious in the dictionary

  1. fictionmaking
  2. fictionmonger
  3. fictionmongers
  4. fictions
  5. fictiony
  6. fictious
  7. fictiously
  8. fictitional
  9. fictitious
  10. fictitious force
  11. fictitious forces

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