Spurious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Spurious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Spurious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurious adj plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences" Synonym(s): specious, spurious born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman Synonym(s): bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art" Synonym(s): inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spurious \Spu"rious\, 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"riously}, adv. -- {Spu"riousness}, n.