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Meretricious vs Trumpery - What's the difference?

meretricious | trumpery |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between meretricious and trumpery

is that meretricious is (obsolete) of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution while trumpery is (obsolete) deceit; fraud.

As adjectives the difference between meretricious and trumpery

is that meretricious is (obsolete) of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution while trumpery is gaudy but of no value.

As a noun trumpery is

worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.

meretricious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Of, or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
  • Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
  • * , chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
  • * 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 164:
  • When I lifted my eyes from the page, there was none of the meretricious argument London always offers that the sole real purpose in life is to hustle for a buck.

    Synonyms

    * (tastelessly showy) brassy, cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

    trumpery

    English

    Noun

    (trumperies)
  • worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
  • (Prospero, to Ariel)
    This was well done, my bird.
    Thy shape invisible retain thou still:
    The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither
    For stale to catch these thieves.
  • nonsense
  • * South
  • Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world.
  • (obsolete) deceit; fraud
  • (Grenewey)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • gaudy but of no value
  • * 1954 , Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings
  • “Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”