supposititious

American  

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

adjective

1. fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.

2. hypothetical.

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supposititious British  

/ səˌpɒzɪˈtɪʃəs /

adjective

1. substituted with intent to mislead or deceive

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Other Word Forms

• supposititiously adverb
• supposititiousness noun

Etymology

Origin of supposititious

1605–15; < Latin suppositīcius, equivalent to supposit ( us ) (past participle of suppōnere; supposition ) + -īcius -itious

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

I found him one day at poor old Mirotaine's, where he had brought a supposititious marrying man.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

"Down Stream" is a one-act play whose action takes place in a supposititious country in South-Eastern Europe, where the King traps one of his Ministers neatly, and then deals with him in an unexpected fashion.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella