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meretriciousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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