sb. Obs. [a. L. fallax, neut. of fallax deceptive, f. fallĕre to deceive.] = FALLACY.
1530. Palsgr., 218/2. Fallaxe or desceyt, falace.
1563. Foxe, A. & M., 750. I answer to thargument, whych I do deny as a fallax.
a. 1628. F. Greville, Sidney, viii. (1652), 104. To ground our assailing of him there upon any other argument, than that ever-betraying Fallax of undervaluing our enemies.
1669. Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., C ij b.
| Who to such Sophistry their Reason bow, | |
| Lift Fallax up, and set the Truth below. |
