2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] --Woodward. --
{Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly}, adv --
{Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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},
{supposed}, {suppositional}, {suppositious}]
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