Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - meretricious
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adjective Etymology: Latin meretricius, from meretric-, meretrix prostitute, from merere to earn — more at merit Date: 1626 1. of or relating to a prostitute ; having the nature of prostitution ~ relationships 2. a. tawdrily and falsely attractive the paradise they found was a piece of ~ trash — Carolyn See b. superficially significant ; pretentious scholarly names to provide fig-leaves of respectability for ~ but stylish books — Times Literary Supplement Synonyms: see gaudy • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (of decorations, literary style, etc.) showily but falsely attractive. 2 of or befitting a prostitute. Derivatives meretriciously adv. meretriciousness n. Etymology: L meretricius f. meretrix -tricis prostitute f. mereri be hired MERGANSER n. any of various diving fish-eating northern ducks of the genus Mergus, with a long narrow serrated hooked bill. Also called SAWBILL. Etymology: mod.L f. L mergus diver f. mergere dive + anser goose ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. книж. показной; мишурный meretricious jewellery —- фальшивые (поддельные) драгоценности meretricious style —- показной (искусственный, поверхностный) стиль 2. книж. распутный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal seeming attractive but having no real value or not based on the truth (a meretricious argument) - meretriciously adv - meretriciousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1626, from L. meretricius "of or pertaining to prostitutes," from meretrix (gen. meretricis) "prostitute," from merere, mereri "to earn, gain." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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