Definitions

supposititious

[suh-poz-i-tish-uhs] / səˌpɒz ɪˈtɪʃ əs /

ADJECTIVE

supposed

Synonyms

WEAK

alleged apparent asserted conjectural hypothetic hypothetical inferential likely presumed presumptive presupposed purported suppositional suppositious suppositive

ADJECTIVE

counterfeit

Synonyms

WEAK

Hollywood affected assumed bent bogus brummagem copied crock deceptive delusive delusory ersatz fake faked false feigned fictitious fishy forged framed fraudulent imitation misleading mock not genuine not kosher phony pirate plant pretended pretentious pseudo put on sham snide soft-shell spurious suppositious two-faced won't fly wrong

Example Sentences

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Punch hurried valiantly into the breach with a supposititious Tourist Council brochure, which assures impoverished Americans that they are still welcome in Britain, where "our hospitality can be tailored to your diminished purse."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Pancake's supposititious cable was written in the code of the Commercial Cable Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

This penalty of being jiggered was a favourite supposititious case of his.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The present edition, prepared by Sir Walter Scott from a collation of various copies, is longer than any other, but was originally disfigured by several supposititious stanzas here omitted.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Nephelom′eter, a supposititious instrument for measuring cloudiness; Neph′eloscope, an apparatus for illustrating the formation of cloud; Neph′elosphere, an atmosphere of cloud surrounding a planet, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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