spurious
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spurious
- /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/ UK
- /ˈspjɔː-/ UK
- /ˈspjɵː.ɹɪjəs/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈspjoː-/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈspjʊɹ.i.əs/ US
- /ˈspʊɹ-/ US
- /ˈspjɔɹ-/ US
- /ˈspjɝ-/ US
- /ˈspjʉɾe.əs/ Scotland
- [ˈspjʉːɾe.əs] Scotland
Rhymes with -ʊəɹiəs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.
adjective more spurious · most spurious
- False, not authentic, not genuine. His argument was spurious and had no validity.
- Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted. I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
- Bastardly, illegitimate. […] who alſo in her prime of love, Spouſal embraces, vitiated with Gold, Though offer’d only, by the ſent conceiv’d Her ſpurious firſt-born; Treaſon againſt me?
