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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;

    [Adjective]  | "specious" 


    1: tending or having power to deceive;


      * e.g., " ... a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination "





     [ "specious" ]

    1: deceptively attractive

     [ "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.

     [ "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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