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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | spurious, specious | Plausible but false |
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| 2 | spurious, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten | Born out of wedlock | |
| 3 | spurious, inauthentic, unauthentic | Intended to deceive |
| Sounds | sper'iyahs; spyuh'riyahs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| Meaning | Plausible but false. |
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| Examples | "spurious inferences" |
| Synonyms | specious |
| Similar to | false |
| Nouns | spuriousness |
| Adverbs | spuriously |
| Meaning | Born out of wedlock. |
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| Examples | "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman |
| Synonyms | bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten |
| Similar to | illegitimate |
| Meaning | Intended to deceive. |
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| Examples | "a spurious work of art" |
| Synonyms | inauthentic, unauthentic |
| Similar to | counterfeit, imitative |
| Nouns | spuriousness |
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