Speciousness
ʃəs 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.
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specious (ˈspiːʃəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| 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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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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