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▪ I. † faˈllace, n. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 fallas, 5 falace, 4–7 fallace.
[a. F. fallace, ad. L. fallācia, f. fallax: see next.]
1. Deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness; an instance of the same; = fallacy 1, 2.
a1300Cursor M. 3664 (Cott.) If mi fader þat es now blind Mai mi fallace oght vnderfind. 1388Wyclif Matt. xiii. 22 The fallace of ritchessis strangulith the word. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour H iv, The fallaces and vanytees of the world. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 73 Lyes and fallaces that they did write. a1634Chapman Alphonsus Plays 1873 III. 235 Nay without fallace they have several Beds.
2. A sophistical argument; = fallacy 3.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 637/2 A goodly false foolishe fallace. 1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xiv. §6 Socrates..hath exactly expressed all the fourmes of obiection, fallace and redargution.
▪ II. † faˈllace, a. Obs. rare—1.
[a. OF. fallace, ad. L. fallax (stem fallāci-), f. fallĕre to deceive.]
= fallacious.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xvii. 231 Freres..Meuen motifs meny tymes insolibles and fallaces. |