MERETRICIOUS
\mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs], \mˌɛɹɪtɹˈɪʃəs], \m_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of MERETRICIOUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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By Princeton University
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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MERETRICIOUSLY.
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MERETRICIOUSNESS.
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Deceitfully or artificially attractive; vulgar and tawdry; wanton.
By James Champlin Fernald
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