spuria
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin spuria, the nominative neuter plural form of spurius, whence spurious; compare trivia.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: spyo͝oəʹrĭə, IPA(key): /ˈspjʊəɹɪə/
Noun[edit]
spuria pl (plural only)
- Spurious things; especially, a counterfeit or forged written work or one of doubtful attribution.
- 1790, The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 67, page 292:
- The laſt will and teſtament of Grunnius, a Roman pig, publiſhed among Gruter’s Spuria, betrays not more evident marks of impoſition.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “spuria, n. pl.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
spuria
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- spuria: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.a/, [ˈs̠pʊriä]
- spuria: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.a/, [ˈspuːriä]
- spuriā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.aː/, [ˈs̠pʊriäː]
- spuriā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspu.ri.a/, [ˈspuːriä]
Adjective[edit]
spuria
- inflection of spurius:
Adjective[edit]
spuriā
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