"spurious" meaning in English

See spurious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈspjʊ.ɹi.əs/ [US], /ˈspʊ.ɹi.əs/ [US], /ˈspjɔ.ɹi.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-spurious.ogg Forms: more spurious [comparative], most spurious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊəɹiəs Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), possibly related to sperno or from Etruscan. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|spurius|t=illegitimate, bastardly}} Late Latin spurius (“illegitimate, bastardly”), {{der|en|ett|-}} Etruscan Head templates: {{en-adj}} spurious (comparative more spurious, superlative most spurious)
  1. False, not authentic, not genuine. Synonyms (false): counterfeit, fake, false, bogus Translations (false): vals (Afrikaans), πλαστός (plastós) (Ancient Greek), νόθος (nóthos) (Ancient Greek), фалши́в (falšív) (Bulgarian), espuri (Catalan), fals (Catalan), 虛假的 (Chinese Mandarin), 虚假的 (xūjiǎ de) (Chinese Mandarin), 偽造的 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪造的 (wěizào de) (Chinese Mandarin), vals (Dutch), võlts (Estonian), väärennetty (Finnish), väärä (Finnish), epäaito (Finnish), faux (French), trompeur (French), unecht (German), gefälscht (German), falsch (German), πλαστός (plastós) (Greek), κίβδηλος (kívdilos) (Greek), मिथ्या (mithyā) (Hindi), hamis (Hungarian), óekta (Icelandic), falskur (Icelandic), falsaður (Icelandic), tál- (Icelandic), fals- (Icelandic), palsu (Indonesian), tiruan (Indonesian), にせ物の (nisemono no) (alt: にせものの) (Japanese), 疑似の (giji no) (alt: ぎじの) (Japanese), 거짓의 (geojis-ui) (Korean), 속임수의 (sogimsu-ui) (Korean), 위조된 (wijo-doen) (Korean), reprobus (Latin), tipatipa (Maori), falsk (Norwegian), uekte (Norwegian), مجعول (maj'ul) (Persian), fałszywy (Polish), nieprawdziwy (Polish), nieautentyczny (Polish), podrobiony (Polish), espúrio (Portuguese), ло́жный (lóžnyj) (Russian), подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) (Russian), фальши́вый (falʹšívyj) (Russian), meallta (Scottish Gaelic), mealltach (Scottish Gaelic), espurio (Spanish), falso (Spanish), mentira (Spanish), falsk (Swedish), förfalskad (Swedish), oäkta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spurious-en-adj-0K14jR7P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 30 16 Disambiguation of English terms with collocations: 65 30 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 19 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 13 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 57 26 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 54 21 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 67 23 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 66 23 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 71 17 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 57 26 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 23 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 18 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 66 22 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 64 15 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 68 18 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 23 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 66 23 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 57 26 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 76 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 66 23 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 76 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 16 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 66 23 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 66 23 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 57 26 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 63 23 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 62 25 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 16 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 65 23 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 78 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 23 11 Disambiguation of 'false': 94 6 0 Disambiguation of 'false': 94 6 0
  2. Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted. Translations (extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted): herumirrend (German), beiläufig (German), ungewollt (German), nicht erwünscht (German), kósza (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-spurious-en-adj-ZyzvNYg6 Disambiguation of 'extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted': 7 91 2
  3. (archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate. Tags: archaic Translations (illegitimate): νόθος (nóthos) (Ancient Greek), незаконнороден (nezakonnoroden) (Bulgarian), espuri (Catalan), bastard (Catalan), onwettelijk (Dutch), unehelich (German), νόθος (nóthos) [masculine] (Greek), óskilgetinn (Icelandic), espúrio (Portuguese), внебра́чный (vnebráčnyj) (Russian), незаконноро́жденный (nezakonnoróždennyj) (Russian), espurio (Spanish), ilegítimo (Spanish), oäkta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spurious-en-adj-c5QSZ6n8 Disambiguation of 'illegitimate': 3 5 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonspurious, spuriosity, spurious diphthong, spurious infection, spurious language, spuriously, spuriousness, unspurious Related terms: specious
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          "text": "His argument was spurious and had no validity.",
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          "ref": "2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems'”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:",
          "text": "We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.",
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          "ref": "2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, in Jewish Currents, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:",
          "text": "[Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.",
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          "word": "podrobiony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "espúrio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lóžnyj",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "ло́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poddélʹnyj",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "подде́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "falʹšívyj",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "фальши́вый"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "meallta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "mealltach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "espurio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "falso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "mentira"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "falsk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "förfalskad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "false",
          "word": "oäkta"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted."
      ],
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        [
          "Extraneous",
          "extraneous#English"
        ],
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          "stray"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 91 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
          "word": "herumirrend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 91 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
          "word": "beiläufig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 91 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
          "word": "ungewollt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 91 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
          "word": "nicht erwünscht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 91 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
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        }
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          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 29, lines 389-392:",
          "text": "[…] who alſo in her prime of love,\nSpouſal embraces, vitiated with Gold,\nThough offer’d only, by the ſent conceiv’d\nHer ſpurious firſt-born; Treaſon againſt me?",
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        "(archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate."
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          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "nezakonnoroden",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "незаконнороден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "espuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "bastard"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "onwettelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "unehelich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
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          "roman": "nóthos",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "νόθος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "óskilgetinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "espúrio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vnebráčnyj",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "внебра́чный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezakonnoróždennyj",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "незаконноро́жденный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "espurio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "ilegítimo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 5 91",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "illegitimate",
          "word": "oäkta"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈspjʊ.ɹi.əs/",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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      "word": "nonspurious"
    },
    {
      "word": "spuriosity"
    },
    {
      "word": "spurious diphthong"
    },
    {
      "word": "spurious infection"
    },
    {
      "word": "spurious language"
    },
    {
      "word": "spuriously"
    },
    {
      "word": "spuriousness"
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    {
      "word": "unspurious"
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "2": "ett",
        "3": "-"
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "form": "more spurious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
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      "form": "most spurious",
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "specious"
    }
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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          "text": "His argument was spurious and had no validity.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems'”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:",
          "text": "We witness that there is a relationship between government, media and industry that is evident even at this most spurious and superficial level. These three institutions support one another. We know that however cool a media outlet may purport to be, their primary loyalty is to their corporate backers. We know also that you cannot criticise the corporate backers openly without censorship and subsequent manipulation of this information.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, in Jewish Currents, archived from the original on 2023-04-26:",
          "text": "[Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.",
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        }
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        "False, not authentic, not genuine."
      ],
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          "false#English"
        ],
        [
          "authentic",
          "authentic"
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        {
          "text": "I tried to concentrate on the matter in hand, but spurious thoughts kept intruding.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extraneous, stray; not relevant or wanted."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "extraneous#English"
        ],
        [
          "stray",
          "stray"
        ]
      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 29, lines 389-392:",
          "text": "[…] who alſo in her prime of love,\nSpouſal embraces, vitiated with Gold,\nThough offer’d only, by the ſent conceiv’d\nHer ſpurious firſt-born; Treaſon againſt me?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Bastardly, illegitimate."
      ],
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          "bastardly#English"
        ],
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          "illegitimate",
          "illegitimate"
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      ],
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        "(archaic) Bastardly, illegitimate."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈspjʊə.ɹi.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspjʊ.ɹi.əs/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspʊ.ɹi.əs/",
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        "US"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspjɔ.ɹi.əs/",
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    {
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "counterfeit"
    },
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      "sense": "false",
      "word": "fake"
    },
    {
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "false"
    },
    {
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "bogus"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "vals"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "falšív",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "фалши́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "espuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "fals"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "false",
      "word": "虛假的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xūjiǎ de",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "虚假的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "偽造的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "wěizào de",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "伪造的"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "false",
      "word": "vals"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "võlts"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "väärennetty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "väärä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "epäaito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "faux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "trompeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "unecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "gefälscht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "falsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plastós",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "πλαστός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kívdilos",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "κίβδηλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "plastós",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "πλαστός"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nóthos",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "νόθος"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mithyā",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "मिथ्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "hamis"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "óekta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "falskur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "falsaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "tál-"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "fals-"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "palsu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "tiruan"
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    {
      "alt": "にせものの",
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "false",
      "word": "にせ物の"
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    {
      "alt": "ぎじの",
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      "word": "疑似の"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "false",
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sogimsu-ui",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "속임수의"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "위조된"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "false",
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "false",
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    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "uekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "maj'ul",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "مجعول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "fałszywy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "nieprawdziwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "nieautentyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "podrobiony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "espúrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóžnyj",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "ло́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddélʹnyj",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "подде́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "falʹšívyj",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "фальши́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "meallta"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "mealltach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "espurio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "falso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "mentira"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "falsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "förfalskad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "false",
      "word": "oäkta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
      "word": "herumirrend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
      "word": "beiläufig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
      "word": "ungewollt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
      "word": "nicht erwünscht"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "extraneous; stray; not relevant or wanted",
      "word": "kósza"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezakonnoroden",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "незаконнороден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "espuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "bastard"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "onwettelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "unehelich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nóthos",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "νόθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nóthos",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "νόθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "óskilgetinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "espúrio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vnebráčnyj",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "внебра́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezakonnoróždennyj",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "незаконноро́жденный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "espurio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "ilegítimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "illegitimate",
      "word": "oäkta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spurious"
}

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  "subsection": "adj",
  "title": "spurious",
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}

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