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De - Pt| English Dictionary: spuriousness | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for spuriousness | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
