deceptious

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adjective

deceptive, tending to deceive.

OriginLatin deceptiosus →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivedeceptious (comparative more deceptious, superlative most deceptious)

comparative more deceptious · superlative most deceptious

  1. obsoletedeceptive, tending to deceive.

    as if those organs had deceptious functions

    c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
deceptivedouble-dealingdouble-faceddoubleheartedguiledguilefulhollow-heartedjanus-facedswiketreacherous

Origin

  1. Latindeceptiosus
  2. Englishdeceptious

From Latin deceptiosus.

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APA

deceptious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deceptious

MLA

“deceptious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deceptious. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deceptious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deceptious.

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