Definition of specious

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Specious (a.) Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.

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Plausible :: Plausible (a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker..
Colored :: Colored (a.) Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description..
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) Anything that wants firmness or solidity; that which is more specious than real; a false show; a cheat or fraud; a delusive scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea bubble..
Plausibility :: Plausibility (n.) The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
Elench :: Elench (n.) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.
Glossly :: Glossly (adv.) Like gloss; specious.
Simular :: Simular (a.) False; specious; counterfeit.
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
Plausibility :: Plausibility (n.) Anything plausible or specious.
Specious :: Specious (a.) Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument..
Daubry :: Daubry (n.) A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.
Demagogue :: Demagogue (n.) A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.
Gloss :: Gloss (v. t.) To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.
Speciosity :: Speciosity (n.) The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.
Specious :: Specious (a.) Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
Colorable :: Colorable (a.) Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
Gloze :: Gloze (n.) Specious show; gloss.
Gloze :: Gloze (v. i.) To give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.
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