by Tricia C.
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August 8, 2006

"Fallacious" (Make a sentence word of the day)

August 12, 2007 10:54 AM EDT
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fal-la-cious   /fÉ?Ë?leɪÊ?É?s/ Pronunciation Key- Show Spelled Pronunciation(fuh-ley-shuss)
–adjective
  1. Containing a fallacy; logically unsound.
  2. Deceptive; misleading.
  3. Disappointing; delusive.
[Origin: 1500–10; --L fallÄ?ciÅ?sus deceitful, deceptive. See fallacy, -ous]

—Related forms
fal·la·cious·ly, adverb
fal·la·cious·ness, noun
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Comments: 5

Dan (Cowboy Up) V. Aug 12, 2007, 1:42pm EDT
Some of the articles I've been reading lately are fallacious. C):-)
Tricia C. Aug 12, 2007, 2:02pm EDT
Nice one Dan...
Amanda J. Aug 12, 2007, 7:09pm EDT
Her reasoning was fallacious.
Sharon B. Aug 12, 2007, 9:15pm EDT
His accounting of the murder was fallacious.
Ruth MacGill Aug 18, 2007, 1:07pm EDT
The self-appointed 'Decider' comes to mind as a worthy candidate for the adjective 'fallacious'. His policies have been fallicies from day one in office.

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