spuriosityn.
rare.
The state or condition of being spurious; a spurious thing or production. Also in combinations.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged > quality of
counterfeitness1557
adulteration1609
supposititiousness1638
apocryphalness1641
adulterateness1655
forgery1665
falsity1678
spuriousness1818
spuriosity1863
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > something false or forged
falsehood1340
counterfeiture1548
forgery1574
bastard1581
man of straw1599
counterfeit1613
imitationa1616
mock1646
pasteboard1648
sophistication1664
imposture1699
fraud1725
sham1728
adulteration1756
falsity1780
duff1781
shim-sham1797
shammy1822
Hodge-razor1843
pinchbeck1847
shice1859
cook-up1865
postiche1876
fakery1880
fake1883
bogosity1893
spuriosity1894
dud1897
cluck1904
rake-up1957
bodgie1988
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iv. 168 A heavy tax on words over four syllables, as heterodoxy..spuriosity, &c.
1894 Athenæum 6 Oct. 457/3 The horn-book..is at last receiving attention from the ‘spuriosity’ maker.
1894 Athenæum 6 Oct. 457/3 How this spuriosity came into existence forms an amusing story.
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