Specious vs Dicks - What's the difference?
specious | dicks |
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
As an adjective specious
is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.As a noun dicks is
.As a proper noun dicks is
derived from (dick).specious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.