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Specious

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What's The Definition Of Specious?
[adj] based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
[adj] plausible but false; "a specious claim" [adj] plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert Synonyms | Synonyms for Specious: false | gilded | insincere | invalid | meretricious | spurious Related Terms | Find terms related to Specious: See Also | Specious In Webster's Dictionary \Spe"cious\, a. [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful,
specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F.
sp['e]coeux. See {Species}.]
1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or
look; showy.
Some [serpents] specious and beautiful to the eye.
--Bp.
Richardson.
The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward
rites and specious forms Religion satisfied.
--Milton.
2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct,
but not so in reality; appearing well at first view;
plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
Misled for a moment by the specious names of
religion, liberty, and property. --Macaulay.
In consequence of their greater command of specious
expression. --J. Morley.
Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See
{Plausible}. -- {Spe"xious*ly}, adv. --
{Spe"cious*ness}, n.
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