He declared the whole legend was fictitious.
But he is sometimes guilty of inserting rhetorical speeches which are not only fictitious, but also misleading as an account of the speaker's sentiments.
The colors of dinosaurs illustrated in books are purely fictitious.
Pedigrees were invented, imaginary consulships and fictitious triumphs inserted, and family traditions and family honours were formally incorporated with the history of the state.
It should not be difficult to decide whether the reversals are real or fictitious.
