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spuriousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spurious  \Spu"ri*ous\,  a.  [L.  spurius.] 
  1.  Not  proceeding  from  the  true  source,  or  from  the  source 
  pretended;  not  genuine;  false;  adulterate. 
 
  2.  Not  legitimate;  bastard;  as  spurious  issue.  ``Her 
  spurious  firstborn.''  --Milton. 
 
  {Spurious  primary},  or  {Spurious  quill}  (Zo["o]l.),  the 
  first  or  outer,  primary  quill  when  rudimentary  or  much 
  reduced  in  size,  as  in  certain  singing  birds. 
 
  {Spurious  wing}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  bastard  wing,  or  alula. 
 
  Syn:  Counterfeit;  false;  adulterate;  supposititious; 
  fictitious;  bastard.  --  {Spu"ri*ous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Spu"ri*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  spuriousness 
  n  :  state  of  lacking  genuineness  [ant:  {genuineness}]




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