SPURIOUSNESS

spuriousness

(noun) state of lacking genuineness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spuriousness (uncountable)

The property of being spurious.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

1 November 2024

DECLINE

(verb) inflect for number, gender, case, etc.; “in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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