Dictionary Entry
spurious
spurious is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
- 2adjective
Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
- 3adjective
intended to deceive
"a spurious work of art"
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- 4adjective
born out of wedlock- E.A.Freeman
"the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"
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- 5adjective
plausible but false
"a specious claim"
"spurious inferences"
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