adj 1: plausible but false; "specious reasoning"; "the spurious
inferences from obsolescent notions of causality"-
Ethel Albert [syn: specious]
2: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed
away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
[syn: bastard, bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten]
3: intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art" [syn: inauthentic, unauthentic]