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Meretricious
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Meaning
Adj
●
Tastelessly
gaudy
;
superficially
attractive
but having
in reality
no value or
substance
;
falsely
alluring.
●
In Law:
Involving
unlawful
sexual
connection
or
lack
of
consent
by
at least
one
party
(said of a
romantic
relationship).
●
Of, or
relating
to
prostitutes
or prostitution.
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Origin
meretricious
English
meretricius
Latin
meretrix
Latin
-trix
Latin
mereo
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Specious
Brassy
Cheap
Flashy
Garish
Gaudy
Gimcrack
Tacky
Tatty
Tawdry
Trashy
Related
Mawkish
Puerile
Vapid
Prurient
Banal
Vacuous
Mendacious
Fatuous
Lascivious
Sophomoric
Tendentious
Artless
Sophistic
Sententious
Onanistic
Ribald
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Rhymes
Vicious
Ambitious
Judicious
Delicious
Officious
Unvicious
Reptitious
Triticeous
Fictitious
Factitious
Suspicious
Nutritious
Auspicious
Capricious
Pernicious
Unofficious
Undelicious
Unambitious
Unjudicious
Injudicious
Meretricious
Bootylicious
Unnutritious
Repertitious
Adscititious
Surreptitious
Superstitious
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