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1.
apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
2.
pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
3.
Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
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| Main Entry: | specious1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | showily beautiful or attractive |
| Etymology: | Latin specissus 'beautiful, plausible' |
| Main Entry: | specious2 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | plausible but not true; based on pretense; sophistic |
| Etymology: | Latin specissus 'beautiful, plausible' |
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Word Origin & History
specious
c.1400, "pleasing to the sight, fair," from L. speciosus "good-looking, beautiful," from species "appearance" (see species). Meaning "seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so" is first recorded 1612.
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