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Webster 1913 Edition
Supposititious
1.
Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit;
as, a
. supposititious
child; a supposititious
writingBacon.
2.
Suppositional; hypothetical.
[R.]
Woodward.
Sup-posˊi-ti′tious-ly
, adv.
Sup-posˊi-ti′tious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supposititious
SUPPOSITI'TIOUS
,Adj.
Put by trick in the place or character belonging to another; not genuine; as a supposititious child; a supposititious writing.
Definition 2024
supposititious
supposititious
English
Adjective
supposititious (comparative more supposititious, superlative most supposititious)
- Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.
- (obsolete) Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 244:
- His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and supposititious reliques.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 244:
- Supposed or hypothetical.
- 1953, Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation (1971 Panther Books Ltd publication), part II: “Search by the Foundation”, chapter 8: ‘Seldon’s Plan’, page 90, ¶¶ 7–8
- “Why this particular problem, Speaker? It obviously has significance other than purely academic.”
“Thank you, my boy. You are as quick as I had expected. The problem is not supposititious.”
- “Why this particular problem, Speaker? It obviously has significance other than purely academic.”
- 1953, Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation (1971 Panther Books Ltd publication), part II: “Search by the Foundation”, chapter 8: ‘Seldon’s Plan’, page 90, ¶¶ 7–8
Translations
supposed or hypothetical
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