supposititious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səˌpɑzəˈtɪʃəs/ UK /səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.

[...] the said pretended Testament was supposititious, & contriued by such as meant to defraud both the heires female of the said king Henrie the 8. as well as these of his eldest sister [...].
2

adj
Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.

His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and supposititious reliques.
3

adj
Supposed or hypothetical.

You might hope to get some other nonsensical belief into the head of George Gradgrind, or Augustus Gradgrind, or John Gradgrind, or Joseph Gradgrind (all supposititious, non-existent persons), but into the head of Thomas Gradgrind—no, sir!
4

adj
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 adj · based primarily on surmise... conjectural

Word family

Derived forms suppositiousnesssupposititiously

Related forms suppositiouslysuppositiousness

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suppositīcius.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# supposititious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /səˌpɑzəˈtɪʃəs/
**IPA (UK):** /səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs/

## Meanings
1. Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.
2. Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.
3. Supposed or hypothetical.
4. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

## Examples
- [...] the said pretended Testament was supposititious, & contriued by such as meant to defraud both the heires female of the said king Henrie the 8. as well as these of his eldest sister [...].
- His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and supposititious reliques.
- You might hope to get some other nonsensical belief into the head of George Gradgrind, or Augustus Gradgrind, or John Gradgrind, or Joseph Gradgrind (all supposititious, non-existent persons), but into the head of Thomas Gradgrind—no, sir!

## Derived Forms
- suppositiousness
- supposititiously

## Related Forms
- suppositiously
- suppositiousness

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suppositīcius.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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