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Suppositious

//ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 3
    Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural.

    "Near-synonyms: assumed, presumed, presumptive, putative, supposed; apparent, likely"

Adjective
  1. 1
    based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin suppositius, from Latin suppositīcius.

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