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1. (adj.) specious
apparently true or right though lacking real merit; not genuine.
2. specious
deceptively attractive.
3. specious
Obs. pleasing to the eye.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L speciōsus fair, good-looking <speci(ēs) (see species ))
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| Definition of 'specious' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) specious, spurious
plausible but false
"a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
2. (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) specious
presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy
2. (adj) specious
apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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specious
That form of argument used as an indoor sport by East Aurora natives in an attempt to prove that two or three make four.
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