meretricious

adjectives

like or relating to a prostitute
"meretricious relationships"
pertains to
domain usage
the use of an archaic expression
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
is derived from
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"
is derived from