- eye-deceiving
- eye-deceiving eye-deceiving adj.
creating the illusion of seeing reality.
Syn: trompe-l'oeil(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
eye-deceiving
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