Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to deceive; containing qualities or means adapted to mislead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Deceptive.
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- adjective
deceptive
Etymologies
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Latin deceptorius, from decipere.
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