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preposterosities

preposterosities is the plural of preposterosity.

Meaning of preposterosity

Noun

preposterosity (countable and uncountable, plural preposterosities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being preposterous.
    • “Dresses in such bad taste!” smiled Miss Marguerita—Marguerita was a model of preposterosity in fashion.1834, [Julia Pardoe], chapter XIII, in Speculation: […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], page 230
  2. (countable) Something that is preposterous.
    • The awkwardness of your feelings during an interview with Mr. Lambert, or any other polished Monster on public view—with the painful restraint laid by your delicacy on your curiosity, as to the particulars of his preposterosities.1807, James Beresford, “[Dialogue the Eighteenth. Miseries of London.] Miseries of Public Places.”, in The Miseries of Human Life; or The Last Groans of Timothy Testy and Samuel Sensitive; […]...

Questions about preposterosities

What is preposterosities the plural of?
Preposterosities is the plural of preposterosity.

Words near preposterosities in the dictionary

  1. preposted
  2. preposterate
  3. preposterated
  4. preposterates
  5. preposterating
  6. preposterosities
  7. preposterosity
  8. preposterous
  9. preposterously
  10. preposterousness
  11. prepostmodern

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