Speciosity

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being specious or beautiful; a beautiful show or spectacle; something delightful to the eye.
  • noun. The state of being specious or plausible; a specious show; a specious person or thing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.
  • noun. That which is specious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or quality of being specious.
  • noun. pl. Specious actions, promises, ideologies, etc.
  • Word Usage
    "It is observed in similitude, inasmuch as it forms the ground of species or form, and so is called speciosity, because beauty is nothing but numerical equality, or a certain disposition of parts accompanied with sweetness of color."
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