Associations to the word «Spurious»
Noun
- Epistle
- Oscillation
- Fugue
- Correlation
- Authenticity
- Forgery
- Imitation
- Mixer
- Waveguide
- Regression
- Attribution
- Db
- Distortion
- Tobias
- Signal
- Bandwidth
- Filter
- Masonry
- Amplification
- Oscillator
- Modulation
- Ghz
- Frequency
- Fallacy
- Emission
- Clique
- Prelude
- Plato
- Variable
- Khz
- Israelites
- Gaiety
- Ignatius
- Antiquity
- Fabrication
- Quixote
- Suppression
- Ambiguity
- Output
- Amplitude
- Excitation
- Regularity
- Appendix
- Noise
- Interference
- Assertion
- Interrupt
- Connotation
- Resonance
- Artifact
- Claim
- Pulse
- Treatise
- Pseudo
- Coupling
- Sportsman
- Charter
- Receiver
- Aristotle
- Mhz
- Microwave
- Diode
- Messiah
- Transmitter
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SPURIOUS, adjective. False, not authentic, not genuine
SPURIOUS, adjective. (archaic) bastardly, illegitimate
SPURIOUS INFECTION, noun. (parasitology) A case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract.
SPURIOUS INFECTIONS, noun. Plural of spurious infection
Dictionary definition
SPURIOUS, adjective. Plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences".
SPURIOUS, adjective. Born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman.
SPURIOUS, adjective. Intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.