Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fallacious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fallacious \Fal*la"cious\, a. [L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf.
F. fallacieux. See {Fallacy}.]
Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to
deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or
reasoning. -- {Fal*la"cious*ly}, adv. -{Fal*la"cious*ness},
n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fallacious
adj 1: containing or based on a fallacy; "fallacious reasoning";
"an unsound argument" [syn: {unsound}]
2: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious
testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" -
S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying
taxes" [syn: {deceitful}, {fraudulent}]
3: based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information;
"fallacious hope"
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.