[fɪkˈtɪʃəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- not real or true; imaginary or fabricated
(e.g: reports of a deal were dismissed as fictitious by the Minister)

- occurring in or invented for fiction


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin ficticius (from fingere ‘contrive, form’) + -ous (see also -itious)