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specious
Main Entry: spe·cious
Pronunciation: \ˈspē-shəs\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, visually pleasing, from Latin speciosus beautiful, plausible, from species
Date: 1513
1obsolete : showy
2: having deceptive attraction or allure
3: having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
— spe·cious·ly adverb
— spe·cious·ness noun
specieous: something that seems to be cheap, but it's not.
Suspecious: skeptical that something actually is false...
seeming reasonable but actually wrong,
misleading in appearance