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[Adjective] | "spe*cious" | \ ˈspē-shəs \
1: having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
2: having deceptive attraction or allure
3: showy
Origin: 1513 ;
Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus beautiful, plausible, from species;
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[Adjective] | "specious"
1: tending or having power to deceive;
* e.g., " ... a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination "
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[ "specious" ]
1: deceptively attractive
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[ "Specious" ]
1: 1a. In fact correct, but has achieved that truth without proper substance or reasoning.
* e.g., ... Dr Jon: "The Black widow is specious. It is of the most exquisite & enticing spiders that exists; though deathly poison, fit for a king, it does contain."
[ "Specious" ]
2: 1b. Is in substance truthful, but that truth is fallacious due to the fact that the finding of the truth was drawn from a facetiously precarious idea.
[ "Specious" ]
3: Deceptive, but fatally attractive.
[ "Specious" ]
4: No longer useful: Obsolete, but attractive.
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[ "Specious" ]
1: A way of describing someone as Special and Precious.
* e.g., ... Oh my darling, I love you so much. You're so specious to me.
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