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1 благовиден
1. (за външност) seemly, pleasant, nice-looking2. прен. (за отказ) plausible, speciousпод благовиден предлог under a plausible/specious pretext/excuseблаговидна цел an ostensible purpose* * *благовѝден,прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. (за външност) seemly, pleasant, nice-looking;2. прен. (за отказ) plausible, specious; \благовиденен предлог specious pretext; \благовиденна цел ostensible purpose.* * *plausible* * *1. (за външност) seemly, pleasant, nice-looking 2. благовидна цел an ostensible purpose 3. под БЛАГОВИДЕН предлог under a plausible/ specious pretext/excuse 4. прен. (за отказ) plausible, specious -
2 кух
hollow(празен) emptyпрен. empty, meaningless, specious(неискрен) hollowкухи фрази empty/meaningless wordsкуха глава an empty head* * *кух,прил. hollow; ( празен) empty; прен. empty, meaningless, specious; ( неискрен) hollow; • \кухи фрази empty/meaningless words; flimflam talk.* * *concave; empty{`empti}: an кух head - куха глава* * *1. (неискрен) hollow 2. (празен) empty 3. hollow 4. КУХa глава an empty head 5. КУХи фрази empty/meaningless words 6. прен. empty, meaningless, specious -
3 претекст
1. pretextблаговиден претекст a plausible/specious pretext/excuse2. pretend* * *претѐкст,м., само ед. pretext, pretence; благовиден \претекст plausible/specious pretext/excuse.* * *pretext: He entered the room under the претекст that he must take something. - Той влезе в стаята под претекст, че трябва да вземе нещо.; pretence* * *1. pretext 2. благовиден ПРЕТЕКСТ а plausible/specious pretext/excuse 3. под ПРЕТЕКСТ, че on/under the pretext that/of (c ger.) -
4 примамлив
enticing, alluring; tempting(за доводи) specious* * *примамлѝв,прил. enticing, alluring; tempting; разг. come-hither; (за доводи) specious.* * *alluring; attractive* * *1. (за доводи) specious 2. enticing, alluring;tempting -
5 предлог
1. грам. preposition2. (повод) pretext. pretence (за for)(основание) ground (for)благовиден предлог a plausible/specious pretext/excuseпод лъжлив предлог on/under false pretences* * *предло̀г,м., -зи, (два) предло̀га 1. език. preposition;2. ( повод) pretext, pretence (за for); ( основание) ground (for); под лъжлив \предлогг on/under false pretences; под \предлогг, че under the pretence/excuse that, on the plea of.* * *pretext He stayed home under the предлог of being sick. - Той си остана в къщи под предлог, че му е лошо.; excuse; preposition (грам.); veil{veil}* * *1. (основание) ground (for) 2. (повод) pretext. pretence (за for) 3. 1, грам. preposition 4. благовиден ПРЕДЛОГ a plausible/specious pretext/excuse 5. под ПРЕДЛОГ на on/under the pretext of. on the ground of. under pretence of (и с ger.) 6. под ПРЕДЛОГ че under he pretence/ excuse that 7. под лъжлив ПРЕДЛОГ on/under false pretences
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Specious — Spe cious, a. [L. speciosusgood looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. sp[ e]coeux. See {Species}.] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. [1913 Webster] Some [serpents] specious… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
specious — specious, spurious Specious, like the Latin word speciosus from which it is derived, began its life meaning ‘having a fine outward appearance’ (from Latin species ‘outward form’), but in the 17c acquired the unfavourable connotations that now… … Modern English usage
specious — I adjective affected, apparent, appearing, artificial, assumed, believable, bogus, casuistic, casuistical, colorable, colored, convincing, counterfeit, credible, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, erroneous, exterior, external,… … Law dictionary
specious — [spē′shəs] adj. [ME, fair, beautiful < L speciosus, showy, beautiful, plausible < species, look, show, appearance: see SPECIES] 1. seeming to be good, sound, correct, logical, etc. without really being so; plausible but not genuine… … English World dictionary
specious argument — index non sequitur Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
specious reasoning — index non sequitur, sophistry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
specious — (adj.) c.1400, pleasing to the sight, fair, from L. speciosus good looking, beautiful, from species appearance (see SPECIES (Cf. species)). Meaning seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so is first recorded 1610s … Etymology dictionary
specious — *plausible, believable, colorable, credible Analogous words: *vain, nugatory, empty, hollow, idle: delusory, delusive, *misleading, deceptive: deceitful, *dishonest, untruthful, mendacious, lying … New Dictionary of Synonyms
specious — [adj] misleading apparent, apparently right, beguiling, captious, casuistic, colorable, credible, deceptive, delusive, empty, erroneous, fallacious, false, flattering, hollow, idle, illogical, inaccurate, incorrect, likely, nugatory, ostensible,… … New thesaurus
specious — ► ADJECTIVE 1) superficially plausible, but actually wrong. 2) misleading in appearance. DERIVATIVES speciously adverb speciousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «beautiful»: from Latin speciosus fair, plausible … English terms dictionary
Specious present — The specious present is the time duration wherein one s perceptions are considered to be in the present.James, W. (1893). [http://books.google.com/books?id=JLcAAAAAMAAJ The principles of psychology] . New York: H. Holt and Company. Page 609.]… … Wikipedia
