fictitious


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fictitious /fɪkˈtɪʃəs/
adjective
  • 1 not real or true; imaginary or invented.
  • 2 relating to or denoting the characters and events found in fiction.
– derivatives
fictitiously adverb,
fictitiousness noun.
– origin C17: from L. ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous (see also -itious2).
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