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exx-cecilegr.livejournal.comspecious [SPEE-shus]
adjective
definition
1. Plausible but false
2. Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
etymology
Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus ("beautiful, plausible"), from species ("outward appearance"), from specere ("to look at")
usage
They both accused one another of specious arguments, and quarreled so viciously that their rapprochement the previous day was permanently nullified.
adjective
definition
1. Plausible but false
2. Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
etymology
Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus ("beautiful, plausible"), from species ("outward appearance"), from specere ("to look at")
usage
They both accused one another of specious arguments, and quarreled so viciously that their rapprochement the previous day was permanently nullified.
