meretricious
adjective/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
/ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs/
(formal)- seeming attractive, but in fact having no real valueWord Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix, meretric- ‘prostitute’, from mereri ‘be hired’) + -ous.
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