12 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
noun an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
originEtymology tree English specious 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 speciousness From specious + -ness.
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