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Spurious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spurious?

[adj] intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
[adj] born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
[adj] plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spurious: bastard | bastardly | counterfeit | illegitimate | imitative | inauthentic | invalid | misbegot | misbegotten | specious | unauthentic

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Spurious In Webster's Dictionary

\Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. ``Her spurious firstborn.'' --Milton. {Spurious primary}, or {Spurious quill} (Zo["o]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo["o]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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