FALLACIOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (fuh-LAY-shus)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Based on false reasoning.
2. Deceptive or misleading.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fallere (to deceive). Earliest documented use: 1473.
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SALLACIOUS - like this week's theme - sounds dirty, but gotcha.

FELLACIOUS - like this one. Portmento of hellacious fellas, meaning "a few good men, but all of 'em imps..."

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FALLA PIOUS - A religious holiday in Valencia, Spain. On March 19 Las Fallas commemorates Saint José (the patron saint of carpentry) and the arrival of spring.