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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -meretriciou-, *meretriciou*
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WordNet (3.0)
meretricious(adj) like or relating to a prostitute, Example: meretricious relationships
meretriciously(adv) in a meretricious manner, Syn. flashily, Example: the boat is meretriciously decorated

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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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