English-Thai Dictionary

spurious

ADJ ปลอม  plom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPURIOUS

a.[L.] 1. Not genuine; not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; counterfeit; false; adulterate. Spurious writings are such as are not composed by the authors to whom they are ascribed. Spurious drugs are common. The reformed churches reject spurious ceremonies and traditions.
2. Not legitimate; bastard; as spurious issue. By the laws of England, one begotten and born out of lawful matrimony, is a spurious child.
Spurious disease, a disease not of the genuine type, but bearing a resemblance in its symptoms.

 

SPURIOUSLY

adv. Counterfeitly; falsely.

 

SPURIOUSNESS

n. 1. The state or quality of being counterfeit, false or not genuine; as the spuriousness of drugs, of coin or of writings.
2. Illegitimacy; the state of being bastard, or not of legitimate birth; as the spuriousness of issue.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPURIOUS

Spu "ri *ous, a. Etym: [L. spurius.]

 

1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.

 

2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "Her spurious firstborn. " Milton. Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zoöl.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. -- Spurious wing (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.

 

Syn. -- Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- Spu "ri *ous *ly, adv. -- Spu "ri *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spurious

spu ri ous |ˈspyo͝orēəs ˈsp (j )ʊriəs | ▶adjective not being what it purports to be; false or fake: separating authentic and spurious claims. • (of a line of reasoning ) apparently but not actually valid: this spurious reasoning results in nonsense. • archaic (of offspring ) illegitimate. DERIVATIVES spu ri ous ly adverb, spu ri ous ness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘born out of wedlock ’): from Latin spurius ‘false ’ + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

spurious

spurious |ˈspjʊərɪəs | ▶adjective not being what it purports to be; false or fake: separating authentic and spurious claims. • (of a line of reasoning ) apparently but not actually valid: this spurious reasoning results in nonsense. • archaic (of offspring ) illegitimate. DERIVATIVES spuriously adverb, spuriousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘born out of wedlock ’): from Latin spurius ‘false ’ + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spurious

spurious adjective an attempt to be excused due to some spurious medical condition: bogus, fake, false, counterfeit, forged, fraudulent, sham, artificial, imitation, simulated, feigned, deceptive, misleading, specious; informal phony, pretend. ANTONYMS genuine.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spurious

spurious adjective it was possible to arrange retirements on spurious medical grounds: bogus, fake, not genuine, specious, false, factitious, counterfeit, fraudulent, trumped-up, sham, mock, feigned, pretended, contrived, fabricated, manufactured, fictitious, make-believe, invalid, fallacious, meretricious; artificial, imitation, simulated, ersatz; informal phoney, pseudo, pretend; Brit. informal cod; rare adulterine. ANTONYMS authentic, genuine, real.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spurious

spu ri ous /spjʊ́ ə riəs /形容詞 ｟非難して ｠1 誤っている, 不確かな ; 正しく思えるが誤りである (false ).2 不誠実な .～ness 名詞

 

spuriously

sp ú ri ous ly 副詞 誤って .