DELUSION, DELUSIONAL, DELUSIVE, DELUSIVELY
ADJECTIVES
► DINGBATS crazy, mad, delusional → 1925 Aust. sl.
► FALLACIOUS that causes disappointment; mocking expectation, delusive → 1667
► FALLIBLE fallacious, delusive → 1559 obs.
► PRESTIGIATORY practising ‘prestigiation’; juggling, conjuring; consisting of tricks, impostures, or illusions; deceptive, delusive → 1588 obs.
ADVERBS
► DECEPTIOUSLY in such a way as to deceive, deceitfully, delusively → 1797 obs.
NOUNS
► BLAWFLUM a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRAIN TRICK a delusion or illusion; a trick played by the brain → a1652
► DELIRAMENT absurdity, delusion ; an absurd, deluded, or irrational thought, remark, or action → 1450
► DWALE error, delusion; deceit, fraud → c950 obs.
► DWELE a going astray; error, delusion, deceit → c1225 obs.
► FANTASTRY visionary delusion; illusory character; deceptiveness → a1677 obs.
► HABROMANIA a kind of insanity in which the delusions are of a cheerful or gay character → 1854
► PRESTIGIATION sorcery or magic; deception or delusion by such practice; conjuring, prestidigitation → 1550
► PRESTIGION sorcery or magic; deception or delusion by such practice; conjuring, prestidigitation → 1635 obs.
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