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Definitions
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Word origin
From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).
Used in a sentence
“Gloriani’s statues were florid and meretricious; they looked like magnified goldsmith’s work.”
“There is nothing showy or meretricious about the man.”
“What is art beside love? I respect and applaud your indifference to fine poetry when you can contemplate the meretricious charms of this young person.”
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