"deceptible" meaning in English

See deceptible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈsɛptɪbl̩/ Forms: more deceptible [comparative], most deceptible [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} deceptible (comparative more deceptible, superlative most deceptible)
  1. (obsolete) Capable of being deceived. Tags: obsolete Related terms: deceptibility, deception
    Sense id: en-deceptible-en-adj-l4RrbDtr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 1, p. 1:",
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          "ref": "1822, George Darley, The Errors of Ecstasie, London: G. & W.B. Whittaker, page 39:",
          "text": "Bright Truth! I grew aweary of the dull,\nUndeviating, dusty road of Science,\nVacant o’ beauty, barren o’ sweetness;\nI thought—deceptible, ah! too deceptible—\nThe true Elysium lay within the mind\nFill’d with amaranthian flow’rs of Fantasie […]",
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