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spuriousness|ˈspjʊərɪəsnɪs|
[f. as prec.]
1. Bastardy, illegitimacy. rare.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 28. 1730 Bailey (fol.), Illegitimateness, unlawfulness, baseness of Birth, spuriousness. 1828–32in Webster.
†2. ? Irregular or abnormal condition. Obs.—1
1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 67 By enabling my stomach to master the food, whilst it destroy'd all inclinations to Spuriousness.
3. The state or quality of being spurious, false, or counterfeit:
a. Of documents, writings, etc.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. 321 Several other Books..being unquestionably distinct from the Pæmander, and no signs of Spuriousness or Bastardy discovered in them. 1699Bentley Phal. Introd. 20 The Spuriousness of Phalaris's Epistles. 1723Waterland Sec. Vind. 124 Some considerable Testimonies in Ruinart's select Acts of Martyrs, which tho' not so certainly genuine..have yet no certain Mark of Spuriousness. 1790Paley Horæ Paul. i. 15 The internal marks of spuriousness and imposture which these compositions betray. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. vi. 91 [He] has been particluarly anxious to assert the spuriousness of some writings assigned to the King. 1884Manch. Exam. 4 Nov. 5/1 The wretched article from the Paris paper, which carries the brand of spuriousness on its face.
b. In other contexts.
1818Bentham Parl. Ref. Catech. 65 The necessity of secrecy, for securing freedom, and preventing spuriousness of suffrage. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 325 The pierres de Goa..were, at least generally, factitious bezoars of this kind; and their spuriousness was capable of proof. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 40 In his romantic poems there is..a note of spuriousness. |