meretricious.
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
Meaning & usage
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
Involving unlawful sexual connection or lack of consent by at least one party (said of a romantic relationship).
Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
Where this word comes from
From Latin meretrīcius, from meretrīx (“harlot, prostitute”), from mereō (“earn, deserve, merit”) (English merit) + -trīx (“(female agent)”) (English -trix).
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