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spuria
spuria
English
Noun
spuria pl (plural only)
- Spurious things; especially, a counterfeit or forged written work or one of doubtful attribution.
- 1790: The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 67, page 292
- The laſt will and teſtament of Grunnius, a Roman pig, publiſhed among Gruter’s Spuria, betrays not more evident marks of impoſition.
- 1790: The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 67, page 292
References
- “spuria, n. pl.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]