Spuriosity

//spjʊə.ɹiˈɒ.sə.ti// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Spuriousness. countable, rare, uncountable

    "Ye are next to aſſure all Perſons, vvho are ſo kind as to give you Audience, that to prevent the leaſt Suſpicion of Spurioſity, they may ſee every Letter I have ever printed of Mr. Pope’s in his Ovvn Hand-VVriting, […]"

  2. 2
    That which is spurious; something false or illegitimate. countable, rare, uncountable

    "Haydn spuriosities were generated by demand for [Joseph] Haydn's works and by manuscript circulation. In genres like keyboard sonatas, piano trios and songs, where manuscript circulation was light, there were relatively few spuriosities."

Synonyms

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falsityfalsityinauthenticity

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"Ye are next to aſſure all Perſons, vvho are ſo kind as to give you Audience, that to prevent the leaſt Suſpicion of Spurioſity, they may ſee every Letter I have ever printed of Mr. Pope’s in his Ovvn Hand-VVriting, […]"

Etymology

From spurious + -osity.

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