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16 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
noun tasteless showiness
originEtymology tree English meretricious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English meretriciousness From meretricious + -ness.
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