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suppositious

adjective /ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃəs/

  1. Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.

    […] who knowes not how false, how suppositious, the writings and Epistles of the auncient Popes are iustly esteemed?

  2. Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.

    At rehearsals the actor tossed an entirely imaginary cloak about his shoulders as though it were heavy brocade, courteously removed a hat made of air, and seriously set out on a suppositious table a non-existent dinner, after sedulously cooking it on a kitchen range that was a chair.

  3. Hypothetical, based on supposition; conjectural.

    Near-synonyms: assumed, presumed, presumptive, putative, supposed; apparent, likely

Where it comes from

From New Latin suppositius, from Latin suppositīcius.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry suppositious (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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