specious
11specious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus beautiful, plausible, from species Date: 1513 1. obsolete showy 2. having deceptive attraction or allure 3. having a false look of truth or genuineness ; sophistic <… …
12specious — speciously, adv. speciousness, n. /spee sheuhs/, adj. 1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments. 2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive. 3. Obs. pleasing to the eye; fair. [1350… …
13specious — adjective /ˈspiːʃəs/ a) Seemingly well reasoned or factual, but actually fallacious or insincere; strongly held but false. This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound. b) Having an attractive… …
14specious — adj. Specious is used with these nouns: ↑argument, ↑reasoning …
15specious — spe|cious [ˈspi:ʃəs] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: speciosus beautiful, easily believed , from species; SPECIES] seeming to be true or correct, but actually false ▪ a specious argument …
16specious — spe|cious [ spiʃəs ] adjective seeming to be true but in fact wrong: a specious argument …
17specious — [ spi:ʃəs] adjective superficially plausible, but actually wrong. ↘misleadingly attractive in appearance. Derivatives speciously adverb speciousness noun Origin ME (in the sense beautiful ): from L. speciosus fair, plausible, specious , from… …
18specious — adjective formal seeming to be true or correct, but actually false: a specious argument speciously adverb speciousness noun (U) …
19specious — adjective specious reasoning Syn: misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound, spurious, casuistic, sophistic …
20specious — UK [ˈspiːʃəs] / US [ˈspɪʃəs] adjective seeming to be true but in fact wrong a specious argument …
