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impostury

impostury is the obsolete form of imposture.

Meaning of imposture

Noun

imposture (countable and uncountable, plural impostures)

  1. The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition.
    • Among an unenlightened people every impoſture is likely to take place, for ignorance is the parent of credulity.1774, [Oliver] Goldsmith, “Of the Earliest State of Greece”, in The Grecian History, from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great, volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and F[rancis] Rivington...
    Synonyms:
    cheating

Questions about impostury

What is impostury the obsolete form of?
Impostury is the obsolete form of imposture.

Words near impostury in the dictionary

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

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