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/sup'euh zish"euhs/, adj.1. formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.2. supposititious.[1615-25; shortened form of SUPPOSITITIOUS]
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suppositious — index debatable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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suppositious — adjective Etymology: by contraction Date: 1624 supposititious … New Collegiate Dictionary
suppositious — adjective Based upon supposition … Wiktionary
suppositious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. counterfeit, spurious, deceptive, fictitious; see false 2 , 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Fraudulently or deceptively imitative: bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious,… … English dictionary for students
suppositious — adjective based on assumption rather than fact. Derivatives suppositiously adverb suppositiousness noun … English new terms dictionary
suppositious — sup·po·si·tious … English syllables
suppositious — sup•po•si•tious [[t]ˌsʌp əˈzɪʃ əs[/t]] adj. supposititious • Etymology: 1615–25 … From formal English to slang
suppositious — /sʌpəˈzɪʃəs/ (say supuh zishuhs) adjective 1. supposititious. 2. suppositional …
