SPECIOUS
\spˈiːʃəs], \spˈiːʃəs], \s_p_ˈiː_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of SPECIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
By Princeton University
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plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
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Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
By Oddity Software
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Appearing right at first sight but not really so; apparently, but not actually, fair, just, or right; as, a specious argument.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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