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supposititious |
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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