definition of
meretricious

[1] #1 meretricious a. like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships". wn

[2] #2 meretricious s. [brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments". wn

[3] #3 meretricious s. [gilded, specious] based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument". wn