ILLUSORY

illusive, illusory

(adjective) based on or having the nature of an illusion; “illusive hopes of finding a better job”; “Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

illusory (comparative more illusory, superlative most illusory)

Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal

Source: Wiktionary


Il*lu"so*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. illusore.]

Definition: Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 January 2025

NEGLECT

(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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