casuistical vs specious

casuistical

adj
  • casuistic 

specious

adj
  • Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. 

  • Employing fallacious but deceptively plausible arguments; deceitful. 

  • Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive. 

How often have the words casuistical and specious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )