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præposterous

præposterous is the archaic spelling of preposterous.

Meaning of preposterous

Adjective

preposterous (comparative more preposterous, superlative most preposterous)

  1. Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
    • [...] I did incounter that obſeene and moſt prepoſterous euent that draweth frõ my ſnowhite pen the ebon coloured Incke, which here thou vieweſt, beholdeſt, ſuruayeſt, or ſeeſt. [...] There did I ſee that low ſpirited Swaine, [...] hight Coſtard, (Clow[ne]. O mee) ſorted and conſorted contrary to...c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby...

Forms of præposterous

comparativemore præposterous
superlativemost præposterous

Questions about præposterous

What is præposterous the archaic spelling of?
Præposterous is the archaic spelling of preposterous.

Words near præposterous in the dictionary

  1. præpose
  2. præposition
  3. præpositions
  4. præpositive
  5. præpositor
  6. præposterous
  7. præpostor
  8. præpostors
  9. præprandial
  10. præprandials
  11. præpuce

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præposterous (page history and authors); preposterous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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