suppositious

[ suhp-uh-zish-uhs ]

adjective

1. formed from or growing out of supposition:

   suppositious evidence.

2. supposititious.

suppositious

/ ˌsʌpəˈzɪʃəs /

adjective

1. deduced from supposition; hypothetical

Derived Forms

• ˌsuppoˈsitiously, adverb
• ˌsuppoˈsitiousness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppositious¹

First recorded in 1615–25; shortened form of supposititious

Example Sentences

His partner had somehow offended Evelyn, and though she was now disposed to forgive him, the recollection of his suppositious iniquity might afterwards rankle in her mind.

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Furthermore, I have not even told you under what conditions we are able to get the deepest insight into that suppositious "fundamental language," or from which field we gain the most information.

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Every ecclesiastical writer, and every assembly of Bishops, adopted as canonical the writings in which they found their own particular dogmas, the others they treated as apocryphal or suppositious.

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Here is a twofold honour distinguished, the one real, the other suppositious and null, the one renounced, the other owned by Christ, self-honour, and honour which is from God.

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I was the mascot of no clique of friends, nor the pawn of scientists who might find a suppositious and mythical glory in the reflected light of another's achievement.

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