| a. | 1. | Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate. | ||||||
| 2. | Not legitimate; bastard;
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| Adj. | 1. | spurious - plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"- Ethel Albert Synonyms: specious |
| 2. | spurious - born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman | |
| 3. | spurious - intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art" Synonyms: inauthentic, unauthentic |
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