Specious Definition & Meaning
specious
- adjective
- plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
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- What does specious mean?
- plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
- What part of speech is specious?
- Specious is an adjective.
- How many definitions does specious have?
- Specious has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).