English-Thai Dictionary

specious

ADJ สวย แต่ รูป  ดูเหมือน ถูกต้อง แต่ จริงๆ  แล้ว ผิดพลาด  paradoxical sophistic true suai-tea-rub

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPECIOUS

a.[L. speciosus.] 1. Showy; pleasing to the view. The rest, far greater part will deem in outward rites and specious form religion satisfied.
2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just or correct' plausible; appearing well at first view; as specious reasoning; a specious argument; a specious objection; specious deeds. Temptation is of greater danger, because it is covered with the specious names of good nature, good manners, nobleness of mind, etc.

 

SPECIOUSLY

adv. With a fair appearance; with show of right; as, to reason speciously.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPECIOUS

Spe "cious, a. Etym: [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. spécoeux. See Species. ]

 

1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. Some [serpents ] specious and beautiful to the eye. Bp. Richardson. The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion satisfied. Milton.

 

2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment by the specious names of religion, liberty, and property. Macaulay. In consequence of their greater command of specious expression. J. Morley.

 

Syn. -- Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See Plausible. -- Spe "xious *ly, adv. -- Spe "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

specious

spe cious |ˈspēSHəs ˈspiʃəs | ▶adjective superficially plausible, but actually wrong: a specious argument. • misleading in appearance, esp. misleadingly attractive: the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty. DERIVATIVES spe cious ly adverb, spe cious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘beautiful ’): from Latin speciosus ‘fair, ’ from species (see species ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

specious

specious |ˈspiːʃəs | ▶adjective superficially plausible, but actually wrong: a specious argument. • misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive: the music trade gives Golden Oldies a specious appearance of novelty. DERIVATIVES speciously adverb, speciousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘beautiful ’): from Latin speciosus ‘fair ’, from species (see species ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

specious

specious adjective specious reasoning: misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound, spurious, casuistic, sophistic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

specious

specious adjective a specious argument: plausible but wrong, seemingly correct, misleading, deceptive, false, fallacious, unsound, casuistic, sophistic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

specious

spe cious /spíːʃəs / (! -e-は /iː /) 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠もっともらしい ; まことしやかな .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞