specious

spe·cious  (spshs)

adj.

1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.

2. Deceptively attractive.

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[Middle English, attractive, from Latin specisus, from specis, appearance; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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specious·ly adv.

speci·osi·ty (-sh-s-t), specious·ness (-shs-ns) n.

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specious [spee-shuss]

Adjective

apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false [Latin species outward appearance]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	specious - plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" spurious false - not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
	2.	specious - based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument" gilded, meretricious insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

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specious

adjective fallacious, misleading, deceptive, plausible, unsound, sophistic, sophistical, casuistic