/ ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs; NAmE / adjective
( formal ) seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value
••
WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix , meretric- prostitute, from mereri be hired) + -ous .
/ ˌmerəˈtrɪʃəs; NAmE / adjective
( formal ) seeming attractive, but in fact having no real value
••
WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Latin meretricius (adjective from meretrix , meretric- prostitute, from mereri be hired) + -ous .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005