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meretricious
PRONUNCIATION:
(mer-i-TRISH-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Appealing in a cheap or showy manner: tawdry.
2. Based on pretense or insincerity.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin meretricius, meretrix (prostitute), from merere (to earn money).
A.Word.A.Day --meretricious
PRONUNCIATION:
(mer-i-TRISH-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
1. Appealing in a cheap or showy manner: tawdry.
2. Based on pretense or insincerity.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin meretricius, meretrix (prostitute), from merere (to earn money).
A.Word.A.Day --meretricious
