Meaning of SPURIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'spyûreeus
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- [adj] intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
- [adj] born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
- [adj] plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert
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| | Synonyms: | | bastard, bastardly, counterfeit, illegitimate, imitative, inauthentic, invalid, misbegot, misbegotten, specious, unauthentic |
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| | Definition: | | \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. ``Her
spurious firstborn.'' --Milton.
{Spurious primary}, or {Spurious quill} (Zo["o]l.), the
first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
{Spurious wing} (Zo["o]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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