Definitions
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Word origin
From Middle English speciose, specious, from Anglo-Norman specious, Middle French specieux, and their etymon Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”).
Used in a sentence
“This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound.”
“now to the discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence, but that, for the most part, either specious rather than solid, or to his cause nothing pertinent.”
“I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Plausible but false”8 letters
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