spécieux — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
English meaning
- meretricious adj Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
- specious adj Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
Senses
spécieux is used for these senses in English:
- meretricious Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
- specious Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
meretricious — full definition
- adj Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
- adj Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
- adj Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
specious — full definition
- adj Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- adj Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
- adj Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
- adj Beautiful, pleasing to look at.