Suppositious
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
"[…] who knowes not how false, how suppositious, the writings and Epistles of the auncient Popes are iustly esteemed?"
- 2 Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
"At rehearsals the actor tossed an entirely imaginary cloak about his shoulders as though it were heavy brocade, courteously removed a hat made of air, and seriously set out on a suppositious table a non-existent dinner, after sedulously cooking it on a kitchen range that was a chair."
- 3 Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural.
"Near-synonyms: assumed, presumed, presumptive, putative, supposed; apparent, likely"
- 1 based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] who knowes not how false, how suppositious, the writings and Epistles of the auncient Popes are iustly esteemed?"
Etymology
From New Latin suppositius, from Latin suppositīcius.
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