meretricious
21meretricious — a. 1. Of harlots. 2. Libidinous, lustful. 3. Deceitful (by false show), spurious, false, sham, make believe, tawdry, showy, gaudy …
22meretricious — adj 1. gaudy, garish, flashy, Sl. flash, showy, bedizened, flaunting; loud, bold, painted, hard, Inf. honky tonk; tawdry, cheap, dime store, tinselly, brummagem, gimcrack, trumpery, trashy, Inf. chintzy, Inf. tacky, Sl. rinky dink; tasteless, in… …
23meretricious — mer·e·tri·cious …
24meretricious — UK [ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs] / US adjective very formal seeming to be good, useful, or important but not really having any value at all Derived word: meretriciously adverb …
25meretricious — mer•e•tri•cious [[t]ˌmɛr ɪˈtrɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. 1) cvb alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry 2) cvb based on pretense or insincerity 3) cvb pertaining to or characteristic of a prostitute • Etymology: 1620–30; < L meretrīcius …
26meretricious — Looking like a whore or prostitute …
27meretricious — /mɛrəˈtrɪʃəs / (say meruh trishuhs) adjective 1. alluring by a show of false attractions; showily attractive; tawdry. 2. insincere. 3. Obsolete of, relating to, or characteristic of a prostitute. {Latin meretrīcius of prostitutes} –meretriciously …
28meretricious — a. superficially attractive or ornamented; gaudy; pertaining to prostitution. ♦ meretrix, n. (pl. ♦ rices ) prostitute …
29meretricious — /mehrstrishas/ Of the nature of unlawful sexual connection. The term is descriptive of the relation sustained by persons who contract a marriage that is void by reason of legal incapacity …
30meretricious — /mehrstrishas/ Of the nature of unlawful sexual connection. The term is descriptive of the relation sustained by persons who contract a marriage that is void by reason of legal incapacity …
