deludingn.
/dɪˈl(j)uːdɪŋ/ The action of delude v.: cheating.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
swikingc1000
blindfolding?c1225
deceivancec1330
trechettingc1330
jugglingc1380
beguilingc1400
deceivingc1400
fagec1400
delusionc1420
sophisticationc1450
circumvention1534
illudinga1547
cheateryc1555
cheatingc1555
crossing1592
tricking1595
wiling?a1600
circumventing1603
practice1622
cheat1641
deluding1645
underdealing1649
amusement1658
conveyancing1676
bubbling1700
jockeyshipa1763
overreachinga1774
jockeying1779
beguilement1805
gaggery1819
trickstering1821
Jewing1842
wool-pulling1843
rigging1846
hoodwinking1858
old soldierism1866
old soldiering1867
fiddling1884
gold-bricking1901
wangling1911
finagling1926
hyping1968
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 30 No Covnant..intended to the good of both parties, can hold to the deluding or making miserable of them both.
a1650 Bp. J. Prideaux Euchologia 228 (T.) Annanias and Sapphira's dainty deludings with a smooth lie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
deludingadj.
That deludes.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective]
lyinga1225
deceptoryc1430
mockinga1529
sleight1533
prestigious?1534
illudinga1547
fallible1552
delusory1588
prestigiatory1588
illusory1599
delusive1607
deceptiousa1616
deludinga1616
flatteringa1616
delusorious1625
fallacious1626
ludificatorya1677
illusive1679
will-o'-the-wisp1682
prestigiating1716
shama1721
false1768
deceptitious1827
deceptional1830
phantasm1834
will-o'-the-wispish1842
will-o'-the-wispy1857
illusionistic1911
illusional1942
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 31 Thou false deluding slaue,..That feed'st me with the verie name of meate. View more context for this quotation
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 235 Not as a deluding ceremony, but as a real condition.
1726 J. Dyer Grongar Hill in D. Lewis Misc. Poems 229 Ey'd thro' Hope's deluding Glass.
Derivatives
deˈludingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]
fakenlyOE
swikellya1023
ficklya1300
treacherouslya1340
guilinglya1382
sophisticallya1382
deceivably1387
guilefully1388
treacherlyc1394
deceivingly14..
guilouslyc1425
deceiteously1481
deceitfully1488
swikefullya1500
patchingly1570
faithlessly1581
abusively1595
dodgingly1599
fallaciously1612
deludingly1641
jugglingly1647
trickfullyc1790
hocus-pocusly1791
deceptiously1797
hocus-pocus1815
trickishly1824
deceptively1825
trickingly1833
dodgily1868
trickily1895
snakishly1935
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adverb]
prestigiously1593
illusorilya1631
deludingly1641
delusively1646
deceptiously1797
1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §5. 63 To performe the contrary to what hee hath deludingly promised.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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