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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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hallucinatory

English

Etymology

hallucinate +? -ory

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /h??lu?.s?.n?.t?r.i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /h??lu?.s?.n?.t??r.i/
  • Hyphenation: hal?lu?cin?atory

Adjective

hallucinatory (comparative more hallucinatory, superlative most hallucinatory)

  1. Partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination.

Derived terms

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