PLAUSIBLE

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

2.
a.

Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion. "Plausible and popular arguments." Clarendon.

3.
a.

Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.

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