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imposturous

imposturous is the alternative spelling of imposterous.

Meaning of imposterous

Adjective

imposterous (comparative more imposterous, superlative most imposterous)

  1. (obsolete) fraudulent; pretending to be someone else
    • Twice have I seen her with thee , twice my thoughts Were prompted by mine eye to hold thy strictness False and imposterous1606, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the...

Forms of imposturous

comparativemore imposturous
superlativemost imposturous

Questions about imposturous

What is imposturous the alternative spelling of?
Imposturous is the alternative spelling of imposterous.

Words near imposturous in the dictionary

  1. imposturage
  2. imposture
  3. impostured
  4. impostures
  5. imposturing
  6. imposturous
  7. impostury
  8. imposure
  9. imposures
  10. impot
  11. impotable

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