Found 2 items, similar to Supposititious.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: supposititious
supposititious
adj : based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
“theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still
highly conjectural”;
“the supposed reason for his
absence”;
“suppositious reconstructions of dead
languages”;
“supposititious hypotheses” [syn:
conjectural,
divinatory,
supposed,
suppositional,
suppositious]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Supposititious
Supposititious
\Sup*pos`i*ti"tious\, a. [L. suppositicus. See
Supposition.]
1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being
what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious;
counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious
writing. --Bacon.
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2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] --Woodward.
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Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness, n.
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