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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -spuriou-, *spuriou*
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WordNet (3.0)
spurious correlation(n) a correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables
spuriously(adv) in a false and spurious manner, Example: the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary
spuriousness(n) state of lacking genuineness, Ant. genuineness

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

a. [ L. spurius. ] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. “Her spurious firstborn.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]


Spurious primary, or
Spurious quill
(Zool.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. --
Spurious wing (Zool.), the bastard wing, or alula.
[ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Spu"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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