1590s, "born out of wedlock," from Latin spurius "illegitimate, false" (source also of Italian spurio, Spanish espurio), from spurius (n.) "illegitimate child," probably from Etruscan spural "public." Sense of "having an irregular origin, not properly constituted" is from c. 1600; that of "false, sham" is from 1610s; of writing, etc., "not proceeding from the source pretended, 1620s. Related: Spuriously; spuriousness.
例文
1. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges.
彼は1979年に汚職の罪で逮捕された。
2.Williams interpolated much spurious matter.
ウィリアムズには偽造された素材が多数挿入されています。
3.The justification of this chart is entirely spurious .
このグラフの根拠は全く立っていない。/
4.He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.
彼は何とかして会社の一派が繁栄していると錯覚させるような完全な偽像を作り出した。
5.They set up a spurious temple that was a cover for sexual debauchery.