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meretricious
/ ˌmɛrɪˈtrɪʃəs /
adjective
- superficially or garishly attractive
- insincere
meretricious praise
- archaic.of, like, or relating to a prostitute
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Derived Forms
- ˌmereˈtriciousness, noun
- ˌmereˈtriciously, adverb
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Other Words From
- mer·e·tri·cious·ly adverb
- mer·e·tri·cious·ness noun
- un·mer·e·tri·cious adjective
- un·mer·e·tri·cious·ly adverb
- un·mer·e·tri·cious·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meretricious1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meretricious1
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Example Sentences
Now that Laura has been revealed to be little more than a collection of notes, the debate seems silly, meretricious.
Then the mask is taken off, meretricious ornaments are dispensed with, and consequently native qualities appear.
But to-night her now hateful, meretricious image rose, with horrid vividness, before him.
As in everything that Seguin has painted, there was undoubtedly a certain meretricious beauty and force about it.
A pintura de la Feria became a term in Spain for a meretricious picture.
The people are already beginning to distinguish between the wholesome and the meretricious in their newspapers.
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