July 2016 – WOTDs
15 July 2016
inspissate
[in-spis-eyt]
Spell Syllables
verb (used with or without object), inspissated, inspissating.
1. to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.
Origin of inspissate
Late Latin
1620-1630; < Late Latin inspissātus past participle of inspissāre to thicken, equivalent to Latin in- in-2+ spissā (re) to thicken (derivative of spissus thick) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
inspissation, noun
inspissator, noun
noninspissating, adjective
uninspissated, adjective
Dictionary.com
Anagram
I assents pi
antisepsis
a tipsiness
Spain sites
Siesta spin
31 July 2016
hugger-mugger
[huhg-er-muhg-er]
noun
1. disorder or confusion; muddle.
2. secrecy; reticence:
Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme?
adjective
3. secret or clandestine.
4. disorderly or confused.
verb (used with object)
5. to keep secret or concealed; hush up.
verb (used without object)
6. to act secretly.
Origin of hugger-mugger
Middle English
1520-1530; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, Middle English mokeren to hoard
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Examples from the Web for hugger-mugger
Historical Examples
Still, everything drifts on to these hugger-mugger large enterprises; Chicago spreads over the world.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Muddle flies before it, and hugger-mugger becomes a thing unknown.
Character
Samuel Smiles
All that set you were brought up in—why, one only had to look at them to see what a hugger-mugger way they probably lived.
Vera
Elisabeth von Arnim
Anagram
Mr Huge Egg Rug
30 July 2016
gaucherie
[goh-shuh-ree; French gohshuh-ree]
noun, plural gaucheries [goh-shuh-reez; French gohshuh-ree] (Show IPA)
1. lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
2. an act, movement, etc., that is socially graceless, awkward, or tactless.
Origin of gaucherie
French
1790-1800; < French; see gauche, -ery
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for gaucherie
Historical Examples
“Certainly not,” stammered I, somewhat ashamed at my gaucherie.
The Rifle Rangers
Captain Mayne Reid
Her gaucherie was painful to her and evident and very dear to the man perceiving it.
Under the Law
Edwina Stanton Babcock
I should then be certain that she extenuated my gaucherie at her party, whether I got speech with her or no.
She and I, Volume 1
John Conroy Hutcheson
Anagram
a huge rice
hi urge ace
29 July 2016
naff
[naf]
Chiefly British Slang.
Spell Syllables
adjective
1. unstylish; lacking taste; inferior.
verb (used without object)
2. to goof off; fool around (often followed by around or about).
Verb phrases
3. naff off, go away: used as an exclamation of impatience.
Related forms
naffness, noun
Dictionary.com
Contemporary example
It’s a pity, I think, that comment threads, Facebook discussions and Twitter feeds aren’t moderated by everyone’s mothers, because the world would probably be a much nicer place if they were. If that sounds naff … well, OK, it is. But it’s worth pondering how much of modern life is made awful by the open sewer that passes for public discourse around everything from politics to … well, everything.
Ghosts of extreme free speech could haunt Twitter
John Birmingham
25 July 2016
28 June 2016
majuscule
[muh-juhs-kyool, maj-uh-skyool]
adjective
1. (of letters) capital.
2. large, as either capital or uncial letters.
3. written in such letters (opposed to minuscule ).
noun
4. a majuscule letter.
Origin of majuscule
Latin
1720-1730; < Latin majuscula (littera) a somewhat bigger (letter), equivalent to majus-, stem of major major + -cula -cule1
Related forms
majuscular, adjective
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for majuscule
Historical Examples
It is written throughout in majuscule Roman capitals, which, although MM.
The History, Theory, and Practice of Illuminating
M. Digby Wyatt
This style is very important, as it marks the beginning of the change from majuscule to minuscule writing.
Illumination and its Development in the Present Day
Sidney Farnsworth
Anagram
jam clue us
27 July 2016
verdigris
[vur-di-grees, -gris]
noun
1. a green or bluish patina formed on copper, brass, or bronze surfaces exposed to the atmosphere for long periods of time, consisting principally of basic copper sulfate.
Also called aerugo.
Origin of verdigris
Middle English, Middle French, Old French, Anglo-French
1250-1300; < Middle French vert de gris; replacing Middle English vertegrez < Anglo-French vert de Grece, Old French vere grez green of Greece
Related forms
verdigrisy, adjective
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for verdigris
Historical Examples
His dress consisted of a lieutenant’s plain coat, without shoulder knots, and the buttons green with verdigris.
Cornish Characters
S. Baring-Gould
verdigris is an acetate of copper, or a mixture of acetates.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
Oxymel of verdigris is stimulant, detergent, and escharotic.
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Arsenic and verdigris are sometimes used, but it does not answer.
Serge Panine, Complete
Georges Ohnet
“The Kiowas, who were on the war-path, have been cut off by the verdigris,” he concluded.
The Price of the Prairie
Margaret Hill McCarter
The manufacture of verdigris at Montpellier is altogether domestic.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
At last she gave up all hope, and twice attempted suicide with powdered glass and verdigris.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
H. B. Irving
No verdigris should be allowed to accumulate on any brass fittings.
The Gunner’s Examiner
Harold E. Cloke
It is strong of salt and sulphur and the bottom appears green as though it was covered with verdigris.
William Clayton’s Journal
William Clayton
We were all in a doleful state, having been poisoned, I think, with verdigris.
Letters to an Unknown
Prosper Mrime
Anagram
drives rig
dig rivers
24 July 2016
glabrous
[gley-bruh s]
adjective, Zoology, Botany.
1. having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
Origin of glabrous
Latin
1630-1640; < Latin glabr- (stem of glaber) smooth, hairless + -ous
Related forms
subglabrous, adjective
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Examples from the Web for glabrous
Contemporary Examples
Superficially, there’s the obvious physical resemblance; whippet build, glabrous pate, facial hair and a penchant for stylish, if somewhat conservative, garb.
ABC News Online, ‘Goodbye Lenin, Hello Bernanke’
Ian Verrender
18 July 2016
Historical Examples
Pileus fleshy, convex, glabrous, grayish-red or chestnut-color.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise
M. E. Hard
The ligule is a distinct membrane and the nodes are glabrous.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
The leaf-sheath is glabrous, with membranous margins and long hairs at the mouth.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
Anagram
grab soul
solar bug
23 July 2016
catholicon
[kuh-thol-i-kuh n]
noun
1. a universal remedy; panacea.
Origin of catholicon
late Middle English Medieval LatinGreek
1375-1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin < Greek katholikón neuter of katholikós catholic
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for catholicon
Historical Examples
In 1407 there was a collection of fifty service books, and a catholicon, the latter being perhaps the nucleus of a library.
Old English Libraries
Ernest Savage
The catholicon is printed in a small type, not very cleanly cut.
Fine Books
Alfred W. Pollard
I soon saw the catholicon of Spain (Spanish gold) was the chief ingredient.
The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete
Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
Anagram
hot conical
loth cocaine
a cloth icon
catch no oil
22 July 2016
mephitis
[muh-fahy-tis]
noun
1. (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
2. any noisome or poisonous stench.
Origin of mephitis
Latin
1700-1710; < Latin mephītis, mefītis; compare Oscan Mefit (eí) the goddess of such exhalations
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2016.
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Examples from the Web for mephitis
Historical Examples
mephitis is, however, purely American wherever he comes from.
Belford’s Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889
Various
A skunk, ( mephitis Americana,) which was killed in the afternoon, made a supper for one of the messes.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California
Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
Because the odor is quite like mephitis it is considered a so-called anti-spasmodic.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Various
Anagram
time ship
it is hemp
21 July 2016
corroborate
[verb kuh-rob-uh-reyt; adjective kuh-rob-er-it]
verb (used with object), corroborated, corroborating.
1. to make more certain; confirm:
He corroborated my account of the accident.
adjective
2. Archaic. confirmed.
Origin of corroborate
Latin
1520-1530; < Latin corrōborātus past participle of corrōborāre to strengthen, equivalent to cor- cor- + rōbor (āre) to make strong (derivative of rōbor, rōbur oak (hence, strength); see robust ) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
corroborative [kuh-rob-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv], corroboratory, adjective
corroboratively, corroboratorily, adverb
corroborator, noun
noncorroborating, adjective
noncorroborative, adjective
Can be confused
collaborate, corroborate.
Synonyms
1. verify, authenticate, support, validate.
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for corroborate
Contemporary Examples
Daisey appears to have intentionally misled the producers and to have lied about his ability to corroborate his story.
The Conning of ‘This American Life’ Leads to an Embarrassing Retraction
Philip Bump
March 16, 2012
Initial interviews with people in the hotel seem to corroborate her story.
No Apologies Over DSK
Peter Beinart
July 4, 2011
Of course, the only reason we retell the story is precisely the data did corroborate Einstein’s theory.
How Do We Know a Theory is Correct?
David Frum
April 17, 2013
Anagram
October roar
cobra err too
20 July 2016
chortle
[chawr-tl]
verb (used without object), chortled, chortling.
1. to chuckle gleefully.
verb (used with object), chortled, chortling.
2. to express with a gleeful chuckle:
to chortle one’s joy.
noun
3. a gleeful chuckle.
Origin of chortle
blend of chuckle and snort; coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
Related forms
chortler, noun
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for chortle
Contemporary Examples
Lewis Carroll really did introduce the word “ chortle ” to the English language in his 1871 poem Jabberwocky.
Why Big Data Doesn’t Live up to the Hype
Nick Romeo
January 3, 2014
He appeared also to be saying he had inside information about it that he could only chortle about, unable to spell it out.
A Keith Olbermann Hint From Morning Joe
Wayne Barrett
May 24, 2011
Historical Examples
They will not actually steal, but they will cheat you every time and chortle over it.
The American Egypt
Channing Arnold
They can yawp and chortle and call me Skyrider as if it was a joke.
Skyrider
B. M. Bower
It was almost a chortle he emitted, but he was solemn enough before Lafe had closed the door.
The Sheriff of Badger
George B. Pattullo
A dirty, yellow hand seized the bag; there was a chortle of exultation, and the two scurried out of the room.
Riders of the Silences
John Frederick
It rose again—it was like a perplexing cheep and chirrup, changing to a chortle of glee.
A Reversible Santa Claus
Meredith Nicholson
The Governor began to chortle after a quick glance at the vanishing red light of the Portsmouth car.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!
Meredith Nicholson
Eli began to chortle, and Hannah stirred in her sleep, throwing both chubby arms over her head.
The Little Mixer
Lillian Nicholson Shearon
Frighten me, floor me, then chortle with glee, And fly away fast from the gutter and me.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, October 19 1895
Various
Anagram
her colt
19 July 2016
antithesis
[an-tith-uh-sis]
noun, plural antitheses [an-tith-uh-seez]
1. opposition; contrast:
the antithesis of right and wrong.
2. the direct opposite (usually followed by of or to):
Her behavior was the very antithesis of cowardly.
3. Rhetoric.
the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”.
the second sentence or part thus set in opposition, as “or give me death.”.
4. Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.
Origin of antithesis
Latin
1520-1530; < Latin < Greek: opposition, equivalent to anti (ti) thé (nai) to oppose + -sis -sis. See anti-, thesis
Related forms
self-antithesis, noun
Can be confused
antithesis, synthesis, thesis.
Synonyms
2. opposite, reverse.
Hegelian dialectic
noun
1. an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis)
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for antithesis
Contemporary Examples
Laura Hillenbrand is the antithesis of the popular concept of a world-famous, bestselling author.
Laura Hillenbrand’s Acclaimed Bestsellers Haven’t Changed Her
Sandra McElwaine
December 20, 2011
Our fundamental values demand that America stand with demonstrators opposing a regime that is the antithesis of all we believe.
Leave Iran to the Iranians
Leslie H. Gelb
June 20, 2009
Anagram
in hastiest
siesta hint
at shiniest
18 July 2016
velleity
[vuh-lee-i-tee]
noun, plural velleities.
1. volition in its weakest form.
2. a mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it. ‘He felt cast out; divorced from the caprices and the velleities of childhood‘ (Anita Brookner).
(From yourdictionary.com)
Origin of velleity
1610-1620; New Latin velleitās, equivalent to Latin velle to be willing + -itās -ity
Dictionary.com
Anagram
tile levy
13 July 2016
gormless
[gawrm-lis]
adjective, Chiefly British Informal.
1. lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
Origin of gormless
1880-1890; respelling of earlier gaumless
Dictionary.com
adj.
c.1746, “wanting sense,” a British dialectal word, from gome “notice, understanding” (c.1200), from Old Norse gaumr “care, heed,” of unknown origin; + -less.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Example
The genius of William Shakespeare was unfolded to 35 gormless adolescents.
Her gormless expression was a sub-conscious reaction to her date’s tedious and self-serving drivel.
Anagram
mrs ogles
gross elm
12 July 2016
hypnagogic
[hip-nuh-goj-ik, -goh-jik]
adjective
1. of or relating to drowsiness.
2. inducing drowsiness.
Origin of hypnagogic
French
1885-1890; < French hypnagogique; see hypn(o)-, -agogue, -ic
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for hypnagogic
Contemporary Examples
Nighttime “visitations” may be chalked up to sleep deprivation, to hypnagogic or hypnopompic hallucinations.
A Night with The Conjuring’s Ed & Lorraine Warren
Stefan Beck
August 17, 2013
Historical Examples
And there are crystal-seers who are not subject to hypnagogic illusions.
Cock Lane and Common-Sense
Andrew Lang
The experience of hypnagogic illusions also seems far more rare than ordinary dreaming in sleep.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7
Various
For bad visualisers, on the other hand, the vividness of these hypnagogic pictures may be absolutely a revelation.
Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death
Frederick W. H. Myers
Anagram
piggy nacho
icy hog pang
10 July 2016
peccant
[pek-uh nt]
adjective
1. sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
2. violating a rule, principle, or established practice; faulty; wrong.
Origin of peccant
Latin
1595-1605; < Latin peccant- (stem of peccāns), present participle of peccāre to err, offend; see -ant
Related forms
peccancy, peccantness, noun
peccantly, adverb
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for peccant
Historical Examples
How came it that he included Florentine among the peccant idioms, and maintained that the true literary speech was still to seek?
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature
John Addington Symonds
But it is useless and canting to say that peccant women are worse than men.
She Stands Accused
Victor MacClure
For this reason I desired to divert the peccant matter downward, a point which the physician should consider and observe.
Gilbertus Anglicus
Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Anagram
cap cent
9 July 2016
swank(1)
[swangk]
noun
1. dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
2. a swagger.
adjective, swanker, swankest.
3. stylish or elegant.
4. pretentiously stylish.
verb (used without object)
5. to swagger in behavior; show off.
Origin of swank(1)
Scots, Old English
1800-1810; compare Scots swank lively, perhaps ultimately representing back formation from Old English swancor lithe; akin to Middle Dutch swanc supple, Middle High German swanken to sway
swank(2)
[swangk]
verb
1. a simple past tense of swink.
swink
[swingk] British Archaic.
verb (used without object), swank or swonk, swonken, swinking, noun
1. labor; toil.
Origin
before 900; Middle English swinken, Old English swincan; akin to swing1
Related forms
swinker, noun
Dictionary.com
8 July 2016
gasconade
[gas-kuh-neyd]
noun
1. extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
verb (used without object), gasconaded, gasconading.
2. to boast extravagantly; bluster.
Origin of gasconade
French
1700-1710; < French gasconnade, derivative of gasconner to boast, chatter. See Gascon, -ade1
Related forms
gasconader, noun
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for gasconade
Historical Examples
Colonel Carr, with a cavalry division, was sent to the line of the gasconade, to watch the movements of the enemy.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field
Thomas W. Knox
But the officers who lead the troops do not allow their enemies the monopoly of gasconade.
Romantic Spain
John Augustus O’Shea
My gasconade delighted the old lady and she gave me a heap of sweetmeats to recover her place in my good graces.
Trafalgar
Benito Prez Galds
Anagram
adages con
aced a song
can dosage
a snag code
7 July 2016
larruping
[lar-uh-ping]
adverb, Chiefly Western U.S.
1. very; exceedingly:
That was a larruping good meal.
Origin of larruping
1900-1905, Americanism; larrup + -ing2
larrup
[lar-uh p]
Spell Syllables
verb (used with object), larruped, larruping.
1. to beat or thrash.
Origin
1815-25; perhaps < Dutch larpen to thresh with flails
Related forms
larruper, noun
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for larruping
Historical Examples
Blame my buttons, if I don’t always hate to pronounce that larruping long name Blennerhassett!
A Dream of Empire
William Henry Venable
I gave him a glass of my choicest rum, when all he deserved was a larruping.
The Maid of Sker
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
They was a-making tracks along hereaway, sartain, sure; larruping them hosses to a keen jump, lickity-split.
The Master of Appleby
Francis Lynde
Anagram
lunar grip
rural ping
6 July 2016
benighted
[bih-nahy-tid]
adjective
1. intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened:
benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
2. overtaken by darkness or night.
Origin of benighted
1565-1575; benight (be- + night ) + -ed2
Related forms
benightedly, adverb
benightedness, noun
Synonyms
1. backward, primitive, crude, uncultivated.
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for benighted
Contemporary Examples
Colonial rhetoric was often virtuous: colonizers would bring civilization to benighted Africans.
Why Africa’s Turning Anti-Gay
Jay Michaelson
March 30, 2014
I knew immediately where to locate my benighted family and growing restlessness.
In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman
Bernard Avishai
February 20, 2013
In our benighted moment, that modest self-definition rose to mythic proportions.
A Man More Heroic Than Sully
Lee Siegel
March 4, 2009
Anagram
debt hinge
get behind
gent be hid
5 July 2016
nob (1)
[nob]
noun
1. Slang. the head.
2. Cribbage.. Sometimes, his nobs. the jack of the same suit as the card turned up, counting one to the holder.
Origin of nob(1)
1690-1700; perhaps variant of knob
Can be confused
knob, nob.
nob (2)
[nob]
noun, Chiefly British Slang.
1. a person of wealth or social importance.
Origin
1745-55; earlier knabb (Scots), nab; of uncertain origin
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for nob
Contemporary Examples
Open since 1912, it is a counter with 20 or so seats situated on a busy street in between nob Hill and Russian Hill.
The Easygoing Flair of San Francisco
Jolie Hunt
April 9, 2010
Historical Examples
Then Saul sent for Ahimelech the priest, and all his family and the priests who were in nob ; and all of them came to him.
The Children’s Bible
Henry A. Sherman
Hob or nob is explained by him to mean “Will you have a glass of wine or not?”
Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853
Various
4 July 2016
jocular
[jok-yuh-ler]
adjective
1. given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious:
jocular remarks about opera stars.
Origin of jocular
Latin
1620-1630; < Latin joculāris, equivalent to jocul (us) little joke ( joc (us) joke + -ulus -ule ) + -āris -ar1
Related forms
jocularly, adverb
overjocular, adjective
overjocularly, adverb
semijocular, adjective
semijocularly, adverb
Can be confused
jocose, jocular, jocund, jovial (see synonym study at jovial )
Synonyms
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for jocular
Contemporary Examples
When he ran into Sperling at a congressional dinner at the White House a couple of weeks later, the encounter was jocular.
Democrats’ Negotiator in Chief
Lloyd Grove
May 18, 2011
Yet she never wanders far from the defining characteristics of her writing: it’s all jocular observation of herself or others.
Nora Ephron on Her Life, Loves, and Disappointments
Claire Howorth
November 5, 2010
3 July 2016
colligate
[kol-i-geyt]
verb (used with object), colligated, colligating.
1. to bind or fasten together.
2. Logic. to link (facts) together by a general description or by a hypothesis that applies to them all.
Origin of colligate
Latin
1425-1475 for obsolete adj. sense “bound together”; 1535-45 for def 1; < Latin colligātus (past participle of colligāre), equivalent to col- col-1+ ligā- (stem of ligāre to bind) + -tus past participle ending
Related forms
colligation, noun
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for colligate
Historical Examples
Granting the validity of the evidence, the hypothesis appears to colligate the facts.
Magic and Religion
Andrew Lang
That one cause would explain, and does colligate, all the facts.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1
Andrew Lang
Perhaps there is something amiss in the working of our system in relation to colligate ministries.
Congregationalism in the Court Suburb
John Stoughton
Anagram
collage it
clog a tile
logic tale
2 July 2016
natant
[neyt-nt]
adjective
1. swimming; floating.
2. Botany. floating on water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant.
Origin of natant
Latin
1700-1710; < Latin natant- (stem of natāns), present participle of natāre to swim; see -ant
Related forms
natantly, adverb
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for natant
Historical Examples
She stood rigid, listening with a natant, sickening consciousness that something terrible hung at her back.
The Red Debt
Everett MacDonald
Anagram
ant tan
1 July 2016
specious
[spee-shuh s]
adjective
1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
specious arguments.
2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
3. Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.
Origin of specious
Middle English, Latin
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful, equivalent to speci (ēs) (see species ) + -ōsus -ous
Related forms
speciously, adverb
speciousness, noun
nonspecious, adjective
nonspeciously, adverb
nonspeciousness, noun
Can be confused
specie, species, specious.
Synonyms
1. See plausible. 2. false, misleading.
Antonyms
1, 2. genuine.
Dictionary.com
Examples from the Web for specious
Contemporary Examples
Resist the easy comforts of complacency, the specious glitter of materialism, the narcotic paralysis of self-satisfaction.
David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (Video)
The Daily Beast
June 8, 2012
While the public gasped at this specious statement, the defense took over for cross examination.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man
John Lardner
May 16, 2014
I can only conclude that this reasoning is specious at best, for none can see the future of paths we do not take.
War Is the New Peace: American Vets Reflect on Syria
John Kael Weston
September 9, 2013
Anagram
ice soups
copies us
us so epic
i scope us
