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Webster 1913 Edition


Speciosity

Speˊci-os′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Speciocities
(#)
.
[Cf. LL.
speciositas
.]
1.
The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.
Professions built so largely on
speciosity
, instead of performance.
Carlyle.
2.
That which is specious.
Dr. H. More.

Definition 2024


speciosity

speciosity

English

Noun

speciosity (plural speciosities)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
  2. (countable, rare) pl. Specious actions, promises, ideologies, etc.
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 8, The Electon
      Till deep misery, if nothing softer will, have driven you out of your Speciosites into your Sincerities; and you find there either is a Godlike in the world, or else ye are an unintelligible madness;

References

  • speciosity” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • speciosity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "speciosity" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, MICRA, 1996, 1998.