spurious

[Spu·ri*ous]

Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories. Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin a fake.

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Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.

Adjective S.
intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"

Adjective S.
born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman

Adjective S.
plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert


a.
Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.

a.
Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.


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. "Her spurious firstborn." Milton. Spurious primary, ∨ Spurious quill (Zo'94l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. -- Spurious wing (Zo'94l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn. -- Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.

Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.

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