📓 High School Level
specious
[ spee-shuhs ]
/ ˈspi ʃəs /
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📓 High School Level
adjective
apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
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Origin of specious
synonym study for specious
1. See plausible.
OTHER WORDS FROM specious
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH specious
species, speciousWords nearby specious
specific volume, specify, specimen, specimen plant, speciosity, specious, specious present, speck, speckle, speckled trout, speckled wood
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British Dictionary definitions for specious
📓 High School Level
specious
/ (ˈspiːʃəs) /
adjective
apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
deceptively attractive in appearance
Derived forms of specious
speciously, adverbspeciousness, nounWord Origin for specious
C14 (originally: fair): from Latin speciōsus plausible, from speciēs outward appearance, from specere to look at
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