英语词汇“imposterous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

imposterous

释义

† imˈposterous, a. Obs.
[f. imposter, impostor, or perh. (from the date) imposture + -ous; cf. impostorous, -trous, -turous.]
1. Of the nature of an imposture; false.
1562W. Bullein Bk. Simples 44 a, Nothing, but the imposterous subtiltie of wicked people.1607Beaum. & Fl. Woman-Hater iii. ii, To hold thy strictness false and imposterous.1665J. Spenser Vulg. Prophecies 4 So imposterous and litigious an Argument as this is.
2. Having the character of an impostor.
a1626Middleton Mayor Queenborough ii. iii. 235 When thou'rt known to be a whore imposterous.a1640Day Parl. Bees ix. (1881) 56 This Satyre is the Character Of an imposterous Quacksalver.1652Gaule Magastrom. 370 Executed for an imposterous traytor.
Hence † imˈposterously adv.
1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ Def. xi. 123 They would not dare to argue so imposterously.

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