Wordie: Meretricious: Comments

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:47:00 +0000

I like the Latin term, meretrix, which eerily predicts a modern slang term for what a prostitute does.

Comment by rolig, 8 months ago

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:08:36 +0000

merely attractive but without any deeper worth or integrity - a word that we should be using often, I think

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:54:21 +0000

Quite different than meritorious

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:32:38 +0000

Isaac Asimov, when confronted with this word, did not know what it meant. This was difficult for him to except, so he asked the man who said it to repeat it again. The man said "Meretricious?", and Asimov responded, "And a happy new year".