单词 | spuriousness |
释义 | spuriousnessn. 1. Bastardy, illegitimacy. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > illegitimacy bastc1325 bastardy?a1400 bastardryc1425 bastardise1579 base1586 bastardism?1589 illegitimation1595 basenessa1616 bastardliness1647 illegitimateness1648 spuriousness1668 illegitimacy1680 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 28. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Illegitimateness Unlawfulness, baseness of Birth, spuriousness. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Spuriousness,..2. Illegitimacy; the state of being bastard, or not of legitimate birth; as the spuriousness of issue. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] outrageoustya1425 enormitya1538 extravagancy1651 spuriousness1674 anormality1836 abnormality1850 abnormalism1851 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > faking of documents > [noun] > lack of authenticity unauthenticness1657 spuriousness1678 ungenuineness1848 inauthenticity1883 unauthenticity1890 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 321 Several other Books..being unquestionably distinct from the Pæmander, and no signs of Spuriousness or Bastardy discovered in them. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 20 The Spuriousness of Phalaris's Epistles. 1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity 124 Some considerable Testimonies in Ruinart's select Acts of Martyrs, which tho' not so certainly genuine..have yet no certain Mark of Spuriousness. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 15 The internal marks of spuriousness and imposture which these compositions betray. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 91 [He] has been particularly anxious to assert the spuriousness of some writings assigned to the King. 1884 Manch. Examiner 4 Nov. 5/1 The wretched article from the Paris paper, which carries the brand of spuriousness on its face. b. In other contexts. 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 1818 J. Bentham Parl. Reform Catech. 65 The necessity of secrecy, for securing freedom, and preventing spuriousness of suffrage. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 278 The pierres de Goa..were, at least generally, factitious bezoars of this kind; and their spuriousness was capable of proof. 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 40 In his romantic poems there is..a note of spuriousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1668 |
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