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meretricious |
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meretricious adjective artificial, brummagem, cheap, counterfeit, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, fake, false, fraudulent, garish, gaudy, imitation, misleading, mock, ornate, sham, showy, speciously attractive, spurious, tawdry, theatrical, tinsel, vulgar Associated concepts: adultery, meretricious relationship See also: dishonest, disreputable, fraudulent, pretentious, tawdry How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Hilary himself (Trinity 4:25, 8:1) demanded that bishops be eloquent, not meretriciously but to assist audiences' understanding. Insidiously, meretriciously, he maneuvers to attain his vision of power within his own profession as a special healer of the bodies and the minds of combatants who have somehow survived military carnages only to be continuously haunted by "the images of war. ``How Doc Waddems Finally Broke 100'' relates the sorry saga of a mild-mannered, long-suffering dentist (Newhart), and his nightmarish 18 holes with a meretriciously meticulous attorney (Kelsey Grammer, channeling Frasier circa his early ``Cheers'' appearances) who insists on assessing every penalty stroke the rule book can conjure up. |
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