Definition of: specious

(spē′shəs) adjective
1. Apparently good or right, but without merit; plausible: specious reasoning.
2. Pleasing or attractive in appearance, but deceptive; fair–seeming: a specious promise.
3. Beguiling, but lacking in sincerity: a specious hypocrite.
4. Archaic Showy; pleasing to the view. See synonyms under OSTENSIBLE. [<L speciosus fair]
—spe′cious·ly adverb
—spe′cious·ness noun

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