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   Mer·e·tri·cious

   /merəˈtriSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. apparently attractive but having in reality no value or integrity: "meretricious souvenirs for the tourist trade"
   • 2. relating to or characteristic of a prostitute. archaic

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix, meretric- ‘prostitute’, from mereri ‘be hired’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. meretriciously adverb
   • 2. meretriciousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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