“imposturous”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

imposturous

释义

imposturous, a.|ɪmˈpɒstjʊərəs|
[f. imposture + -ous; cf. imposterous, -torous, -trous.]
1. Of the nature of imposture; deceptive, fraudulent. Now rare.
1608T. Morton Preamb. Encounter 35 So suspicious and imposturous a Title.1687S. Hill Cath. Balance Pref., Methods of prescribing Tradition against imposturous Doctrines.1852Grote Greece ii. lxii. VIII. 50 They [the five thousand] did not even exist as individual names on paper, but simply as an imposturous nominal aggregate.
†2. Given to practising imposture; having the character of an impostor. Obs.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxiv. (1632) 1175/2 The shamefull vntruth of those imposturous liers.1668H. More Div. Dial. iii. xix. (1713) 220 An imposturous and bloody Priesthood!1697Collier Immor. Stage iii. 78 The English Œdipus makes the Priest-hood an imposturous Profession.

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