Both Uses of
specious
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- but speciously for Master Fenton
Scene 3.4 *speciously = seemingly good, but without merit
- Yes, I warrant; speciously one of them; Mistress Ford, good heart, is beaten black and blue, that you cannot see a white spot about her.†
Scene 4.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(specious) seemingly good, but without merit
or:
insincere, but seemingly good -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
At one time, specious meant pleasing, but is seldom encountered with that meaning today.