fictitious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
    fabricated; fictional; fancied.
    • a fabricated excuse for his absence
    • a fancied wrong
    • a fictional character
  2. adjective satellite adopted in order to deceive
    false; put on; assumed; pretended; fictive; sham.
    • an assumed name
    • an assumed cheerfulness
    • a fictitious address
    • fictive sympathy
    • a pretended interest
    • a put-on childish voice
    • sham modesty

WordNet

Fic*ti"tious adjective
Etymology
L. fictitius. See Fiction.
Definitions
  1. Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.
    The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope.
    -- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

Webster 1913