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supposititious
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synonyms: spurious, factitious, ersatz, commentitious ???
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Definition:1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit;2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.]Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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with it was associated an attempt at theft upon the murdered body of the demagogue … an attempt which had failed, seeing that the supposititious Paul Mole had been searched and nothing suspicious been found upon his person.
Baroness Emmuska Orczy. The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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"Well, then," said he, "I'm jiggered if I don't see you home!"
This penalty of being jiggered was a favorite supposititious case of his. He attached no definite meaning to the word that I am aware of,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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