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1. (adj.) meretricious
alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
2. meretricious
based on pretense or insincerity.
3. meretricious
pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute.
Etymology: (1620–30; < L meretrīcius of prostitutes, der. of meretrīx prostitute, from merēre to earn)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) meretricious
like or relating to a prostitute
"meretricious relationships"
2. (adj) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
3. (adj) gilded, meretricious, specious
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) meretricious
of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic
2. (adj) meretricious
resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments
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