spurious

1. False, not authentic, not genuine.
2. Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
3. (archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.

Synonyms

false

counterfeit

sham

fake

artificial

mock

illegitimate

bogus

bastard

shoddy

faked

forged

imitation

fraudulent

inauthentic

specious

unauthentic

apocryphal

lying

pretended

phony

bastardly

deceptive

feigned

meretricious

misbegotten

pseudo

simulated

adulterine

misbegot

interpolated

half-caste

would-be

half-bloode

half-breed

nonexistent

ostensible

out of wedlock

fictitious

extramarital

pretentious

Brummagem

quasi

seeming

cheating

baseborn

pseudo-

base

supposititious

synthetic

Translations

espurio

apocryphe

falso

faux

espuri

κίβδηλος

sahte

bastard

espúrio

bastardo

contrefait

falso

unecht

feint

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