Middle English Dictionary Entry
fallāce adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fallāce adj. |
| Etymology | OF; cp. L fallāc-em. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Deceitful; fallacious, false; (b) med.?abnormal, improper.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)17.231 : Freres..Meuen motifs meny tymes Insolibles and fallaces.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.240 : If þou haue graunted any þing amys Þat may be founden fallace and vntrewe.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)60b/a : If þe placez haue a fallace [L fallacem] and bigilyng diuisioun & þe vlcer be grete, it is better for to countrediuide.