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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, a. [L. meretricius, from
meretrix -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
e., by prostitution, fr merere to earn, gain. See {Merit}.]
1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
harlots; lustful; as meretricious traffic.
2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as
meretricious dress or ornaments. -- {Mer`e*tri"cious*ly},
adv -- {Mer`e*tri"cious*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
meretriciousness
n 1: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming
plausibility: "the speciousness of his argument" [syn: {speciousness}]
2: tasteless showiness [syn: {flashiness}, {garishness}, {gaudiness},
{loudness}, {brashness}, {tawdriness}, {glitz}]
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