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speciousness
[
spee
-sh
uh
s
]
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spe·cious
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ˈspi
ʃəs
/
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[
spee
-sh
uh
s
]
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adjective
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.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin
speciōsus
fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent to
speci
(
ēs
) (
see
species
) +
-ōsus
-ous
Related forms
spe·cious·ly,
adverb
spe·cious·ness,
noun
non·spe·cious,
adjective
non·spe·cious·ly,
adverb
non·spe·cious·ness,
noun
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un·spe·cious,
adjective
un·spe·cious·ly,
adverb
un·spe·cious·ness,
noun
COLLAPSE
Can be confused:
specie
,
species
,
specious
.
Synonyms
1.
See
plausible.
2.
false, misleading.
Antonyms
1, 2.
genuine.
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specious
(ˈspiːʃəs)
—
adj
1.
apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
2.
deceptively attractive in appearance
[C14 (originally: fair): from Latin
speciōsus
plausible, from
speciēs
outward appearance, from
specere
to look at]
'speciously
—
adv
'speciousness
—
n
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