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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Meretriciously (0.01554 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Meretriciously.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: meretriciously
meretriciously
adv : in a meretricious manner;
“the boat is meretriciously
decorated” [syn:
flashily]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Meretriciously
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.
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2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show;
gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as,
meretricious dress or ornaments.
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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.
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