SPECIOSITY

Etymology

Noun

speciosity (countable and uncountable, plural speciosities)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.

(countable, rare, mostly, in the plural) A specious action, promise, ideology, etc.

Source: Wiktionary


Spe`ci*os"i*ty, n.; pl. Speciocities. Etym: [Cf. LL. speciositas.]

1. The quality or state of being specious; speciousness. Professions built so largely on speciosity, instead of performance. Carlyle.

2. That which is specious. Dr. H. More.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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