specious

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It's a bit specious, and I imagine someone was throwing out some talking points today on the blogs or something.

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  1. adjective Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.
  2. adjective Deceptively attractive.

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  1. Middle English, attractive, from Latin speciōsus, from speciēs, appearance; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English specious, from Old French specieux, French spécieux = Spanish Portuguese especioso = Italian spezioso, from Latin speciosus, good-looking, beautiful, fair, from species, form, figure, beauty: see species.
 

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/ˈspiʃəs/
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