spu·ri·ous (spy r  - s)
adj.
1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false.
2. Of illegitimate birth.
3. Botany Similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function. Used of plant parts.
[From Late Latin spurius, from Latin, illegitimate, probably of Etruscan origin.]
spu
ri·ous·ly adv.
spu
ri·ous·ness n. |
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Sister Jen and Todd and Little Brother Matt and Kristin will be unlikely to believe their children's spurious excuses for poor academic performances should they ever have them.
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