What does it mean to be spurious? (From James' Daisy Miller)

 

Spurious means of illegitimate birth; or falsified or erroneously attributed origin.

Mr. Giovanelli had certainly a very pretty face; but Winterbourne felt a superior indignation at his own lovely fellow countrywoman's not knowing the difference between a spurious gentleman and a real one.

From Henry James's Daisy Miller.

 
 
 
 
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