fictitious
adjective/fɪkˈtɪʃəs/
/fɪkˈtɪʃəs/
- invented by somebody rather than true
- All the places and characters in my novel are fictitious (= they do not exist in real life).
- The account he gives of his childhood is fictitious.
- Police said the name John Haydon was fictitious, but the address given was genuine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- completely
- entirely
- purely
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous.Definitions on the go
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