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speciosity¹

  • /ˌspiːʃiˈɒsɪti/

Rhymes with -ɒsɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle English speciouste (“attractiveness”), from Latin speciōsitās (“beauty”), from speciēs (“appearance”). By surface analysis, speci(ous) + -osity.

noun speciosities

  1. uncountable The state or quality of being specious; speciousness.
  2. countable, in plural, rare A specious action, promise, ideology, etc. Till deep misery, if nothing softer will, have driven you out of your Speciosites into your Sincerities; and you find there either is a Godlike in the world, or else ye are an unintelligible madness;

speciosity²

  • /ˌspiːʃiˈɒsɪti/

Rhymes with -ɒsɪti

Where it comes from

From speciose + -ity; see -osity.

noun

  1. uncountable The state or quality of being speciose. The circumstance that the proportion of taxa with 12 + 14 vertebrae increased in the lower categories is due to the speciosity of the Epinephelinae.

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@misc{speciosity_2026,
  title = {speciosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/speciosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}