supposititious
[suh-poz-i-tish-uh s]
adjective
fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
Origin of supposititious
1605–15; < Latin suppositīcius, equivalent to supposit(us) (past participle of suppōnere; see supposition) + -īcius -itious
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Related Words for supposititious
alleged, apparent, conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, inferential, likely, presumptive, suppositional, suppositious, suppositive, asserted, presumed, purported, affected, assumed, bent, bogus, brummagem, crockExamples from the Web for supposititious
Historical Examples of supposititious
He might put the supposititious case of a friend, and ask what the friend ought to do.
One Day's CourtshipRobert Barr
Argument is at an end when supposititious miracle is introduced.
The Testimony of the RocksHugh Miller
What if the Zohar should prove not to be genuine, but only a supposititious work?
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)Heinrich Graetz
Chambers's Encyclopdia rejects the work also as supposititious.
The first gun was that popular device, a supposititious question.
We Can't Have EverythingRupert Hughes
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