spurious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/ /ˈspjʊɹ.i.əs/ /ˈspʊɹ.i.əs/ /ˈspjɔɹ.i.əs/ /ˈspjɝ.i.əs/ en-us-spurious.ogg

spurious more spurious most spurious

Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.

counterfeit fake false bogus

genuine representative

specious

nonspurious spurion spuriosity spurious diphthong spurious infection spurious language spuriously spuriousness unspurious

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