deceptious

English

Etymology

Latin deceptiosus.

Adjective

deceptious (comparative more deceptious, superlative most deceptious)

  1. (obsolete) Tending to deceive.
    • Shakespeare
      as if those organs had deceptious functions

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deceptious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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