meretricious

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

mer·e·tri·cious (mĕr'ĭ-trĭshʹəs)adj.
1.
a. Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:
meretricious ornamentation.
See Synonyms at gaudy¹.
b. Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
a meretricious argument.
2. Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:
meretricious relationships. [Latin meretrīcius, of prostitutes, from meretrīx, meretrīc-, prostitute, from merēre, to earn money. See (s)mer-² in Indo-European Roots.] mer'e·triʹcious·ly adv.mer'e·triʹcious·ness n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gilded, specious