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Definitions for Specious
[1] apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
[2] pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
[3] Obsolete . pleasing to the eye; fair.
[4] apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
[5] deceptively attractive in appearance
Words related to Specious
incorrect, untrue, inaccurate, spurious, plausible, erroneous, deceptive, false, apparent, captious, credible, delusive, empty, fallacious, flattering, hollow, idle, illogical, likely, nugatory
Words nearby Specious
specificity, specify, specimen, specimen plant, speciosity, specious, specious present, speck, speckle, speckle interferometry, speckle pattern
Origin of Specious
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent to speci(ēs ) (see species) + -ōsus -ous
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Other words from Specious
spe·cious·ly , adverb
spe·cious·ness , noun
non·spe·cious , adjective
non·spe·cious·ly , adverb
non·spe·cious·ness , noun
un·spe·cious , adjective
un·spe·cious·ly , adverb
un·spe·cious·ness , noun
Word origin for Specious
C14 (originally: fair): from Latin speciōsus plausible, from speciēs outward appearance, from specere to look at
Synonyms for Specious
deceptive, erroneous, false, inaccurate, incorrect, plausible, spurious, untrue, apparent, apparently right, beguiling, captious, casuistic, colorable, credible, delusive, empty, fallacious, flattering, hollow, idle, illogical, likely, nugatory, ostensible, ostentatious, presumable, presumptive, pretentious, probable, seeming, sophistic, sophistical, sophisticated, unsound, vain, wrong