adjective · rare

meretricious

meretricious · more meretricious · most meretricious

показний, дешевий, позбавлений смаку

protzig, großspurig, ordinär, großkotzig

Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or…Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.

/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɹɪʃəs/

» Pervasive and pernicious deviations from both fact and logical validity lurked behind a meretricious plausibility.

Meaning

3 senses

Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
protzig, großspurig, ordinär
показнийpokaznyj, дешевийdeševyj, позбавлений смакуpozbavlenyj smaku
Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
(obsolete)Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
dirnenhaft
розпуснийrozpusnyj
like or relating to a prostitute

Examples

1 sentences

Pervasive and pernicious deviations from both fact and logical validity lurked behind a meretricious plausibility.
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Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

tastelessly gaudy:

of, or relating to prostitutes:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

tastelessly gaudy:

of, or relating to prostitutes:

Origin

From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve,

From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).

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