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Added 9 October 2026

spurious

/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/ adjective

In Latin: reprobus Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about spurious at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

False, not authentic, not genuine.
His argument was spurious and had no validity.
Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted.
I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.
Bastardly, illegitimate.

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan.

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