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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spe•cious /ˈspiʃəs/USA pronunciation adj. - apparently true or right but actually without merit:a specious argument.
spe•cious•ly, adv. See -spec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spe•cious (spē′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. - apparently good or right though lacking real merit;
superficially pleasing or plausible:specious arguments. - pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
- [Obs.]pleasing to the eye;
fair.
- Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent. to speci(ēs) (see species) + -ōsus -ous
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See plausible.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged false, misleading.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged genuine.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: specious /ˈspiːʃəs/ adj - apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
- deceptively attractive in appearance
Etymology: 14th Century (originally: fair): from Latin speciōsus plausible, from speciēs outward appearance, from specere to look atˈspeciously adv ˈspeciousness n |