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Meretricious

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(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

(2):

(a.) Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Meretricious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/meretricious.html. 1828.
 
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