† impostrixn.
Obsolete. rare.
= impostress n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [noun] > female
impostress1614
prinado1620
impostrix1655
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 187 I am heartily sorry that the gravity of John Fisher..should be so light, and the sharp sight of Sr Thomas More so blinde, as to give credit to so notorious an Impostrix.
1700 G. Hickes Let. 19 June in S. Pepys Diary (1879) VI. 206 Some suspected her for an impostrix.
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- pre-contract
- pre-contractual
- pre-convert
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- pre-cooking
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- pre-credit
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