specious

Significat (Anglès)

1. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
2. Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful.
3. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
4. (obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.

Conceptes

versemblant

Sinònims

spurious

plausible

meretricious

gilded

illusive

delusive

elusive

elusory

facile

fair

fallacious

fraudulent

hollow

illusory

likely

ostensible

paradoxical

seeming

showy

sophistic

treacherous

tricky

colourable

apparent

fair-faced

catchy

colorable

deceitful

deceptive

Traduccions

spécieux

aldatıcı

especioso

fadenscheinig

απατηλός

sahte

specioso

unfundiert

vordergründig

leer

trügerisch

schoonschijnend

εύσχημος

ευλογοφανής

Schein

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈspiːʃəs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle English speciose, specious, from Anglo-Norman specious, Middle French specieux, and their etymon Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”).