Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPU'RI-OUS-NESS
SPU'RI-OUS-NESS, n.
- The state or quality of being counterfeit, false or not genuine; as, the spuriousness of drugs, of coin or of writings.
- Illegitimacy; the state of being bastard, or not of legitimate birth; as, the spuriousness of issue.
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