Specious Spe·Cious Adjective Speciosus Species English Latin Beautiful

spe·cious
\\ˈspē-shəs\\ adjective1. obsolete :
2. having deceptive attraction or allure
3. having a false look of truth or genuineness :

sophistic

    specious reasoning
• spe·cious·ly adverb
• spe·cious·ness noun

specious
  c.1400, "pleasing to the sight, fair," from L. speciosus "good-looking, beautiful," from species "appearance" (see species). Meaning "seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so" is first recorded 1612.

specious
spe·cious / 5spi:FEs / adjective   (formal)seeming right or true but actually wrong or false
   似是而非的；貌似有理的
   SYN 

misleading

:
   a specious argument
   似是而非的论点

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spe·cious
\ˈspēshəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin speciosus beautiful, showy, plausible, from species appearance, beauty + -osus -ous — more at
1. obsolete : presenting a pleasing appearance : pleasing in form or look :
2. : superficially beautiful or attractive but not so in reality : deceptively beautiful
3. : apparently right or proper : superficially fair, just, or correct but not so in reality : appearing well at first view :
 < specious reasoning >
 < a specious claim >
4. : existing to our senses : actually known or experienced — see
• spe·cious·ly adverb

• spe·cious·ness noun -es