Definition of supposititious Supposititious
sup•pos•i•ti•tious
We found 7 definitions of supposititious from 4 different sources.
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What does supposititious mean?
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| supposititious - 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"; "hypothetical situation" | ||
| conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious | ||
| theoretic, theoretical concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- supposititious (Adjective)
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit. - supposititious (Adjective)
Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist. - supposititious (Adjective)
Supposed or hypothetical.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- supposititious (a.)
Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. - supposititious (a.)
Suppositional; hypothetical.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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supposititious
sup-poz-i-tish′us, adj. put by trick in the place of another: spurious: imaginary, hypothetical, supposed.—adv. Suppositi′tiously, in a supposititious manner.—n. Suppositi′tiousness, the state of being supposititious. [L. supposititius—supponĕre, to put in the place of another—sub, under, ponĕre, to place.]
