The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. --Pope. -- {Fic*ti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fic*ti"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
fictitious — fic·ti·tious adj 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a legal fiction 2: false fic·ti·tious·ly adv fic·ti·tious·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law … Law dictionary
fictitious — fictitious, fabulous, legendary, mythical, apocryphal mean having the character of something invented or imagined as opposed to something true or genuine. Fictitious commonly implies fabrication and, therefore, more often suggests artificiality… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fictitious — [fik tish′əs] adj. [L ficticius < pp. of fingere, to form, devise: see DOUGH] 1. of or like fiction; imaginary 2. not real; pretended; false [fictitious joy] 3. assumed for disguise or deception [a fictitious name] fictitiously adv. SYN … English World dictionary
fictitious — UK US /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/ adjective ► not real: »Executives invented fictitious sales to justify amounts transferred offshore. »Many of the internet customers had been giving fictitious names and addresses … Financial and business terms
fictitious — 1610s, artificial, counterfeit, from M.L. fictitus, a misspelling of L. ficticius artificial, counterfeit, from fictus feigned, fictitious, false, pp. of fingere (see FICTION (Cf. fiction)). Related: Fictitiously … Etymology dictionary
fictitious — [adj] untrue, made up apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bogus*, chimerical, concocted, cooked up*, counterfeit, created, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dishonest, ersatz*, fabricated, factitious, fake, faked, false, fanciful, fantastic, fashioned … New thesaurus
fictitious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not real or true, being imaginary or invented. 2) referring to the characters and events found in fiction. DERIVATIVES fictitiously adverb fictitiousness noun … English terms dictionary
fictitious — adjective Etymology: Latin ficticius artificial, feigned, from fictus Date: circa 1633 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction ; imaginary 2. a. conventionally or hypothetically assumed or accepted < a fictitious concept > b. of a name … New Collegiate Dictionary
fictitious — [[t]fɪktɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Fictitious is used to describe something that is false or does not exist, although some people claim that it is true or exists. We re interested in the source of these fictitious rumours. Syn: non existent 2)… … English dictionary
fictitious — fictional, fictitious Fictional means ‘occurring in fiction’, i.e. in a piece of literature, whereas fictitious means ‘invented, unreal; not genuine’. So Oliver Twist is a fictional name when it refers to Dickens s character, and a fictitious… … Modern English usage
