Found 3 hits - Term: meretriciousness, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
meretriciousness \mer`etri"ciousness\ n.
1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming
plausibility.
syn: speciousness.
wordnet 1.5
2. tasteless showiness.
syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness,
glitz.
wordnet 1.5
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
meretricious \mer`etri"cious\, a. l. meretricius, from
meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. see merit.
1. of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
1913 webster
2. resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
meretricious dress or ornaments.
1913 webster
3. deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but
based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading;
insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.
pjc -- mer`etri"ciously, adv. --
mer`etri"ciousness, n.
1913 webster
see also:
merit mer`etri"ciously mer`etri"ciousness
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
meretriciousness
n 1: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming
plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument" syn: speciousness
2: tasteless showiness syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness,
loudness, brashness, tawdriness, glitz
see also:
speciousness flashiness garishness gaudiness loudness brashness
tawdriness glitz
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