Meretricious Definition & Meaning
meretricious
- adjective
- like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships"
- tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
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- What does meretricious mean?
- like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships" tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
- What part of speech is meretricious?
- Meretricious is an adjective.
- How many definitions does meretricious have?
- Meretricious has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).