Definition/Meaning of speciosity
- English - Noun: speciosity ( plural speciosities ) ( uncountable ) The state or quality of being specious . ( countable , rare ) pl . Specious actions , promises , ideologies , etc . 1843 , Thomas Carlyle , Past and Present , book 2 , ch . 8 , The Electon Till deep misery , if nothing softer will , have driven you out of your Speciosites into your Sincerities; and you find there either is a Godlike in the world…
- English - Etymology: Originated 1426â75 from Middle English speciosity (attractive), from Latin speciÅsitÄs (beauty), from speciÄs (appearance), + English -ity (noun-forming suffix).
- English - References: âspeciosityâ in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language , Fourth Edition , Houghton Mifflin Company , 2000. âspeciosityâ in Dictionary . com Unabridged , v1 . 0 . 1 , Lexico Publishing Group , 2006. "speciosity" in the Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary , MICRA, 1996, 1998.