6 definitions found for fictive

Fictive FIC'TIVE, a. Feigned. [Not used.]

fictive adj 1: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham] 2: capable of imaginative creation; "fictive talent"

fictive adjective Date: 1612 1. not genuine ; feigned 2. of, relating to, or capable of imaginative creation 3. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of fiction ; fictional • fictively adverb • fictiveness noun

fictive
adj.
1 creating or created by imagination.
2 not genuine.
Derivatives:
fictively adv. fictiveness n.
Etymology: F fictif -ive or med.L fictivus (as FICTILE)

fictive adj. 1 creating or created by imagination. 2 not genuine. øøfictively adv. fictiveness n. [F fictif -ive or med.L fictivus (as FICTILE)]

Fictive Fic"tive, a. [Cf. F. fictif.] Feigned; counterfeit. ``The fount of fictive tears.'' --Tennyson.