Associations to the word «Fictitious»

Wiktionary

FICTITIOUS, adjective. Not real; invented; contrived.
FICTITIOUS FORCE, noun. (physics) A force that appears to act on masses in a non-inertial frame of reference.
FICTITIOUS FORCES, noun. Plural of fictitious force

Dictionary definition

FICTITIOUS, adjective. Formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character".
FICTITIOUS, adjective. Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty".

Wise words

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
Voltaire