01 a. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
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Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.
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Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry; as, meretricious dress or ornaments.
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Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading; insincere; specious; as, meretricious arguments.