English
illusory
Illusory comes from Middle French illusorie.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600illusorie
- Englishearliest quotation 1973illusory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600illusorie
- Englishearliest quotation 1973illusory
Earliest quotation: 1973, Jadunath Sinha, A History of Indian Philosophy: “The invalidity of a cognition is the otherwiseness of…”
Every English word from Middle French illusorie
Today it means
adj Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French illusorie / illusory