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speciousness|ˈspiːʃəsnɪs|
[f. specious a.]
1. The quality of being speciously attractive, plausible, etc.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche xx. cclxxi, Never could She find leisure to attend On ceremonious Idelness, nor by The civil speciousness of Visits spend Her precious Time on courteous Vanity. 1663S. Patrick Parab. Pilgrim xviii. (1687) 174 With much speciousness, and very fair shews of faithful counsel will all this be represented. 1753Johnson Adventurer No. 45 ⁋1 The numberless projects that have flattered mankind with theoretical speciousness. 1797Phil. Trans. LXXXVII. 181 These objections have at least speciousness to recommend them to our notice. 1824De Quincey Idea Univ. Hist. Wks. 1859 XIII. 146 All good, that is not engrafted upon moral good, is mere show and hollow speciousness. 1885J. Payn Talk of Town II. 229 The calmness of this reasoning appalled Margaret even more by its speciousness than by its falseness.
†2. Fair or elegant appearance. Obs.
1650Fuller Pisgah iv. vi. 11 The quickness, speciousness, cheapness, and novelty of the work; not the state, riches, and curiosity thereof. 1731[see speciosity 1]. 1756Burke Subl. & B. iii. xxiii. 227 Elegance and Speciousness. |