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meretricious

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Adj — Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.

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From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).

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