Spurious Definition

spyo͝orē-əs
adjective
Illegitimate; bastard.
Webster's New World
Not true or genuine; false; counterfeit.
Webster's New World
Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious.
Spurious reasoning; a spurious justification.
American Heritage
Like in appearance but unlike in structure or function.
Webster's New World
Born to unwed parents.
American Heritage
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Origin of Spurious

  • From Late Latin spurius from Latin illegitimate probably of Etruscan origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly"), from spurcus (“foul, base, low")

    From Wiktionary

Spurious Sentence Examples

  • But even in its spurious condition the book had been recognized as remarkable and almost unique.

  • The prime exponent of the spurious religion is Simon Magus.

  • We have now to consider the so-called spurious bows which are sometimes seen at the inner edge of the primary and at the outer edge of the secondary bow.

  • The eighth now extant is really an incomplete treatise on logic. Some critics have rejected this book as spurious, since its matter is so different from that of the rest.

  • Many have been cut down for entirely spurious reasons.

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