(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:03:29

Plau`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. plausibilit'e.]

1.

Something worthy of praise.

[Obs.]

Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan.

2.

The quality of being plausible; speciousness.

To give any plausibility to a scheme. De Quincey.

3.

Anything plausible or specious.

R. Browning.

 

© Webster 1913.

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