'Meretriciousness' definitions:
Definition of 'meretriciousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
An appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument" [syn: speciousness, meretriciousness]
noun
Tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]
Definition of 'Meretriciousness'
From: GCIDE
- Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, 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]
Definition of 'meretriciousness'
From: GCIDE
- meretriciousness \mer`e*tri"cious*ness\ 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]