mer·e·tri·cious (m r  -trsh  s)adj. 1. a. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner: meretricious ornamentation. See Synonyms at gaudy1. b. Plausible but false or insincere; specious: a meretricious argument. 2. Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution: meretricious relationships. [Latin meretr  cius, of prostitutes, from meretrx, meretrc-, prostitute, from mer re, to earn money; see (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots.]mer e·tricious·ly adv.mer e·tricious·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  meretriciousness - an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"deceptiveness, obliquity - the quality of being deceptive |
| 2. |  meretriciousness - tasteless showiness tastelessness - inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste |
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