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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

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   What is meretricious adjective?

   • seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Definition of meretricious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Where does the word meretricious come from?

   • meretricious is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin meretrīcius, ‑ous suffix. merestone, n. Old English–

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   What is the meaning of meretricious relationships?

   • Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution: meretricious relationships. [Latin meretrīcius, of prostitutes, from meretrīx, meretrīc-, prostitute, from merēre, to earn money; see (s)mer- in Indo-European roots .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is the meaning of meretriciousness?

   • meretriciousness - an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument". speciousness.

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   meretricious. seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value. Definition of meretricious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   1. a. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner: meretricious ornamentation. b. Plausible but false or insincere; specious: made a meretricious argument. 2. Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution: meretricious relationships.

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   Definitions of 'meretricious' If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value. [formal, disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'meretricious' American English: mɛrɪtrɪʃəs British English: merɪtrɪʃəs. More. Synonyms of 'meretricious'

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   What does the word meretricious mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word meretricious , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   meretricious. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English mer‧e‧tri‧cious /ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs / adjective formal something that is meretricious seems attractive but has no real value or is not based on the truth meretricious research —meretriciousness noun [ uncountable] Examples from the Corpus meretricious • Products range from ...

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   Definitions of 'meretricious'. If you describe something as meretricious, you disapprove of it because although it looks attractive it is actually of little value. [formal, disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'meretricious'. British English: merɪtrɪʃəs American English: mɛrɪtrɪʃəs. More.

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   Slang. Antonyms. genuine. authentic. bona fide. legitimate. Synonyms for meretricious from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc. Browse. mere form. mere nothing. mere words. merely. meretricious. merged. mergence.