How to pronounce “meret” in English

meretricious and Dreadful not to do that the second background thing I think you

The meretrix, by other names, had not yet become an Instagram paragon.

Let's weigh Merete's sled.

What's meretricious, Dad? Oh, Virginia, come on, meretrix, from your Latin, like a prostitute.

And if someone is meritorious, I advise you not to call them meretritious.

Virginia, your prose can be a touch glib, or rather meretricious.