speciosity

American  

[spee-shee-os-i-tee] / ˌspi ʃiˈɒs ɪ ti /

noun

plural

speciosities

1. the quality or state of being specious.

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speciosity British  

/ ˌspiːʃɪˈɒsɪtɪ /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of speciosity

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

Example Sentences

Seek only deceitful Speciosity, money with gilt carriages, 'fame' with newspaper-paragraphs, whatever name it bear, you will find only deceitful Speciosity; godlike Reality will be forever far from you.

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It is unfortunate, for when Anna is stirred by the sight of him and his all-conquering speciosity, any reader is sure to protest.

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Seek only deceitful Speciosity, godlike Reality will be forever far from you.

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It is observed in similitude, inasmuch as it forms the ground of species or form, and so is called speciosity, because beauty is nothing but numerical equality, or a certain disposition of parts accompanied with sweetness of color.

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The State in all European countries, and in England first of all, as I hope, will discover that its functions are now, and have long been, very wide of what the State in old pedant Downing Streets has aimed at; that the State is, for the present, not a reality but in great part a dramatic speciosity, expending its strength in practices and objects fallen many of them quite obsolete; that it must come a little nearer the true aim again, or it cannot continue in this world.

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