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Fal*la"cious (?), a. [L.
fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf. F. fallacieux.
See Fallacy.] Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy;
illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as,
fallacious arguments or reasoning. --
Fal*la"cious*ly, adv. -
Fal*la"cious*ness, n.

Fal"la*cy (făl"l&adot;*s&ybreve;),
n.; pl. Fallacies (-
s&ibreve;z). [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F.
fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful,
deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See Fail.]
1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness;
that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

Winning by conquest what the first man lost,

By fallacy surprised.

2. (Logic) An argument, or apparent
argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue,
while in reality it is not; a sophism.


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