Category:Spurious

Spu"ri*ous, a. Etym: [l. spurius.]

1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; Not genuine; false; adulterate.

2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "her spurious Firstborn." Milton. Spurious primary, or spurious quill (zoöl.), the First, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in Size, as in certain singing birds. -- spurious wing (zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.

Syn. -- counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; Bastard. -- spu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- spu"ri*ous*ness, n.