Spurious
11spurious — adjective Etymology: Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin spurius false, from Latin, of illegitimate birth, from spurius, noun, bastard Date: 1598 1. of illegitimate birth ; bastard 2. outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its… …
12spurious — spu|ri|ous [ˈspjuəriəs US ˈspjur ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: spurius, from Latin (noun), child of unmarried parents ] 1.) a spurious statement, argument etc is not based on facts or good thinking and is likely to be incorrect ▪… …
13spurious — spu|ri|ous [ spjuriəs ] adjective 1. ) something such as a statement that is spurious is not reasonable or correct because it is not based on true facts or a sensible way of thinking: a spurious claim/comparison 2. ) not real or sincere: spurious …
14spurious — illegitimate From the days when birth other than to married parents was viewed differently. Literally, it meant not real, although the resultant human beings certainly existed: He would not have spurious children to get any share of… …
15spurious — adjective 1 a spurious statement, argument etc, is not based on facts or good reasoning and is likely to be incorrect: a cosy and entirely spurious view of family life 2 insincere: spurious sympathy spuriously adverb spuriousness noun (U) …
16spurious — UK [ˈspjʊərɪəs] / US [ˈspjʊrɪəs] adjective formal 1) something such as a statement that is spurious is not reasonable or correct because it is not based on true facts or a sensible way of thinking a spurious claim/comparison 2) not real or… …
17spurious — specious, spurious Specious, like the Latin word speciosus from which it is derived, began its life meaning ‘having a fine outward appearance’ (from Latin species ‘outward form’), but in the 17c acquired the unfavourable connotations that now… …
18spurious — False; not genuine. [L. spurius] * * * spu·ri·ous spyu̇r ē əs adj simulating a symptom or condition without being pathologically or morphologically genuine <spurious labor pains> <spurious polycythemia> * * * spu·ri·ous (spuґre… …
19spurious — adj. Spurious is used with these nouns: ↑allegation, ↑argument …
20spurious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. false, counterfeit, sham, specious; bastard, illegitimate. See deception, error, falsehood. Ant., accurate, true. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. counterfeit, apocryphal, deceptive; see artificial 1 ,… …
