Associations to the word «Meretricious»
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Wiktionary
MERETRICIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
MERETRICIOUS, adjective. (legal) Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship)
MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
Dictionary definition
MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships".
MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments".
MERETRICIOUS, adjective. Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.