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spuriosities

spuriosities is the plural of spuriosity.

Meaning of spuriosity

Noun

spuriosity (countable and uncountable, plural spuriosities)

  1. (rare) Spuriousness.
    • Ye are next to aſſure all Perſons, vvho are ſo kind as to give you Audience, that to prevent the leaſt Suſpicion of Spurioſity, they may ſee every Letter I have ever printed of Mr. Pope’s in his Ovvn Hand-VVriting, […]1736, Alexander Pope, “To the Sisters”, in Mr Pope’s Literary Correspondence, volume IV, London: […] E[dmund] Curll, […], →OCLC, page iv
  2. (rare) That which is spurious; something false or illegitimate.
    • Nipper […] had abruptly decided that there was dirty work afoot and this spuriosity the villain. Uttering foolishly futile yaps of challenge—his sure undoing—Nipper heroically launched himself against the foe […]1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Questions about spuriosities

What is spuriosities the plural of?
Spuriosities is the plural of spuriosity.

Words near spuriosities in the dictionary

  1. spuria
  2. spuriae
  3. spurion
  4. spurionic
  5. spurions
  6. spuriosities
  7. spuriosity
  8. spurious
  9. spurious diphthong
  10. spurious diphthongs
  11. spurious infection

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