1620s, "pertaining to harlots," from Latin meretricius "of or pertaining to prostitutes," from meretrix (genitive meretricis) "prostitute," literally "woman who earns money," from merere, mereri "to earn, gain" (see merit (n.)). Meaning "gaudily alluring" is from 1630s. Related: Meretriciously; meretriciousness.
例文
1. A wooden building painted to look like marble is meretricious .
大理石のように塗装された木製建築物の外観は美しい。
2.Her room was painted in meretricious technicolour.