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delusive

English

Etymology

delude +? -ive

Adjective

delusive (comparative more delusive, superlative most delusive)

  1. Producing delusions.
  2. Delusional.
  3. Inappropriate to reality; forming part of a delusion.
    • 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XX:
      The poor thing was finally got off, with several delusive assurances that his absence should be short: that Mr. Edgar and Cathy would visit him, and other promises, equally ill-founded, which I invented and reiterated at intervals throughout the way.

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fanciful

English

Alternative forms

  • fancifull (obsolete)
  • phanciful (obsolete)
  • phancifull (obsolete)

Etymology

fancy +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fæns?f?l/
  • Hyphenation: fan?ci?ful

Adjective

fanciful (comparative more fanciful, superlative most fanciful)

  1. Imaginative or fantastic.
  2. Unreal or imagined.

Derived terms

  • fancifully
  • fancifulness

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