imposturousadj.
/ɪmˈpɒstjʊərəs/ 1. Of the nature of imposture; deceptive, fraudulent. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adjective]
fakenOE
fraudulent1412
fraudfulc1475
impostorous?1549
imposterous1562
cavillinga1576
impostural1588
cogged1589
defraudfulc1592
imposturious?a1600
imposturizing1603
imposturous1608
impostured1619
circumventive1630
impostrate1632
imposterious1633
impostrous1635
charlatanical1663
quackish1670
charlatan1671
stellionated1672
shammisha1734
shim-sham1797
humbug1811
charlatanic1843
Peter Funk1845
charlatanish1846
jazzy1934
run-out1938
jivey1972
1608 Bp. T. Morton Preamble Incounter 35 So suspicious and imposturous a Title.
1687 S. Hill Catholic Balance Pref. Methods of prescribing Tradition against imposturous Doctrines.
1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxii. 50 They [the five thousand] did not even exist as individual names on paper, but simply as an imposturous nominal aggregate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective]
fraudulentc1430
fraudelous1483
impostorous?1549
empirical1588
quacksalving1607
imposterous1611
imposturous1611
impostrous1612
impostorious1623
mountebankish1660
jackleg1833
jack-legged1839
sharkish1844
spivvy1945
spivvish1948
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 855/2 The shamefull vntruth of those imposturous liers.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) iii. xix. 220 An imposturous and bloody Priesthood!
1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage iii. 120 The English Oedipus makes the Priesthood an Imposturous Profession.
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