The Only Use of
specious
in
Things Fall Apart
- And although she believed that the iyi-uwa which had been dug up was genuine, she could not ignore the fact that some really evil children sometimes misled people into digging up a specious one.
p. 80.6specious = seemingly good, but false
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.