spurious meaning and definition

SPURIOUS adjective

Definition of spurious (adjective)

1. plausible but false
   • "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
   • synonyms: specious
2. born out of wedlock
   • "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
   • synonyms: bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten
3. intended to deceive
   • "a spurious work of art"
   • synonyms: inauthentic, unauthentic