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