meretricious | (adj) น่าดึงดูดใจแต่เพียงภายนอก, See also: หรูหราแต่เพียงภายนอก, Syn. tawdry, garish, gaudy, showy, flashy | meretricious | (adj) หลอกลวง, See also: เสแสร้ง, Syn. spurious, sham, false, pretentious, Ant. true | meretricious | (adj) ซึ่งเป็นกริยาท่าทางของโสเภณี | meretriciously | (adv) อย่างหลอกลวง | meretriciousness | (n) ความหลอกลวง |
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| meretricious | (เมอริทริช'เชิส) adj. บาดตา, ฉูดฉาดและหรูหราแต่ไม่มีราคา, หลอกลวง, ไม่จริงใจ, แพศยา, ชั่วช้า., See also: meretriciousness n., Syn. tawdry |
| | | | | Meretricious | a. [ L. meretricius, from meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i. e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit. ] 1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading; insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments. [ PJC ] -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ] | meretriciousness | n. 1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility. Syn. -- speciousness. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. tasteless showiness. Syn. -- flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness, glitz. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
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