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meretricious \mer-i-TRISH-uhs\

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adjective1. Appealing in a cheap or showy manner: tawdry.2. Based on pretense or insincerity. [From Latin meretricius, meretrix (prostitute), from merere (to earn money).]"For most of the 20th century John Singer Sargent's skills as a portraitist were deemed to be meretricious." - Waldemar Januszczak; A Dirty Old Man And the Sea?; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Jul 11, 2010.

Front	meretricious \mer-i-TRISH-uhs\
Back	adjective 1. Appealing in a cheap or showy manner: tawdry. 2. Based on pretense or insincerity. [From Latin meretricius, meretrix (prostitute), from merere (to earn money).] "For most of the 20th century John Singer Sargent's skills as a portraitist were deemed to be meretricious." - Waldemar Januszczak; A Dirty Old Man And the Sea?; The Sunday Times (London, UK); Jul 11, 2010.

Meretricious Mer I Trish Uhs Adjective Appealing Cheap Showy Manner Tawdry