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speciosity

[spee-shee-os-i-tee]
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noun, plural spe·ci·os·i·ties.
  1. the quality or state of being specious.
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Origin of speciosity

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin speciōsitās good looks, beauty. See specious, -ity
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British Dictionary definitions for speciosity

speciosity

noun plural -ties
  1. a thing or person that is deceptively attractive or plausible
  2. the state of being specious
  3. obsolete the state of being beautiful
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