specious
specious
englantiharhaanjohtava
näennäinen
pätevältä vaikuttava
Synonyymisanakirja
specious
epärehellinen, vilpillinen, teennäinen, epäaito, näennäinen, väärä, pätevältä vaikuttava, pettävä.
Rimmaavat sanat
specious rimmaa näiden kanssa:
lesbous, couscous, lahous, mahous, holhous, nuohous, verhous, lautaverhous, tiiliverhous, ulkoverhous...
Englannin sanakirja
specious englanniksi
Seemingly reasoned well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
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1776, Thomas Paine, s:Common Sense|Common Sense,
Who or that uses fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments, deceitful.
1829, William Phelan, Mortimer O'Sullivan, Ireland: A digest taken before Select Committees of the two Houses of Parliament, appointed to inquire into the State of Ireland, 1824—25, in The Christian Review and Clerical Magazine, Volume III, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TPkDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA472&dq=%22more%7Cmost+specious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc1YTOvo7QAhUJKpQKHcM6A3kQ6AEILTADv=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20specious%22&f=false page 472,
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
1760, (w), The Lord Bishop of Gloucesters Sermon Preached Before the Right Honourable the House of Lords, January 30, 1760'', https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zp1bAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA19&dq=%22more%7Cmost+specious%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc1YTOvo7QAhUJKpQKHcM6A3kQ6AEI5wEwJAv=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20specious%22&f=false page 19,
puhekieltä beautiful Beautiful, pleasing to look at.