slovodefinícia
meretricious
(mass)
meretricious
- umelý
meretricious
(encz)
meretricious,kýčovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož
meretricious
(encz)
meretricious,umělý adj: Zdeněk Brož
Meretricious
(gcide)
Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, a. [L. meretricius, from
meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit.]
1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
[1913 Webster]

2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
meretricious dress or ornaments.
[1913 Webster]

3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but
based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading;
insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.
[PJC] -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. --
Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
meretricious
(wn)
meretricious
adj 1: like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious
relationships"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
3: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: gilded,
meretricious, specious]
podobné slovodefinícia
meretricious
(mass)
meretricious
- umelý
meretricious
(encz)
meretricious,kýčovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožmeretricious,umělý adj: Zdeněk Brož
meretriciously
(encz)
meretriciously,kýčovitě adv: Zdeněk Brož
meretriciousness
(encz)
meretriciousness,kýčovitost n: Zdeněk Brožmeretriciousness,prodejnost n: Zdeněk Brož
Meretriciously
(gcide)
Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, a. [L. meretricius, from
meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit.]
1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
[1913 Webster]

2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
meretricious dress or ornaments.
[1913 Webster]

3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but
based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading;
insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.
[PJC] -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. --
Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
meretriciousness
(gcide)
meretriciousness \mer`e*tri"cious*ness\ n.
1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming
plausibility.

Syn: speciousness.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. tasteless showiness.

Syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness,
glitz.
[WordNet 1.5]Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, a. [L. meretricius, from
meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit.]
1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
[1913 Webster]

2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
meretricious dress or ornaments.
[1913 Webster]

3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but
based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading;
insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.
[PJC] -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. --
Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
Meretriciousness
(gcide)
meretriciousness \mer`e*tri"cious*ness\ n.
1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming
plausibility.

Syn: speciousness.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. tasteless showiness.

Syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness,
glitz.
[WordNet 1.5]Meretricious \Mer`e*tri"cious\, a. [L. meretricius, from
meretrix, -icis, a prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i.
e., by prostitution, fr. merere to earn, gain. See Merit.]
1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with
harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
[1913 Webster]

2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
meretricious dress or ornaments.
[1913 Webster]

3. Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but
based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading;
insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.
[PJC] -- Mer`e*tri"cious*ly, adv. --
Mer`e*tri"cious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
meretricious
(wn)
meretricious
adj 1: like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious
relationships"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
3: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and
perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious
praise"; "a meretricious argument" [syn: gilded,
meretricious, specious]
meretriciously
(wn)
meretriciously
adv 1: in a meretricious manner; "the boat is meretriciously
decorated" [syn: meretriciously, flashily]
meretriciousness
(wn)
meretriciousness
n 1: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming
plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument" [syn:
speciousness, meretriciousness]
2: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness,
gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness,
tawdriness, glitz]

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