impostrousadj.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɒstrəs/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɑstrəs/

Forms: Also 1600s impost'rous.

Etymology: Abbreviation of imposterous adj. or impostorous adj.: compare monster, -trous.

1. Having the character of an impostor.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective]

fraudulentc1430

fraudelous1483

impostorous?1549

empirical1588

quacksalving1607

imposterous1611

imposturous1611

impostrous1612

impostorious1623

mountebankish1660

jackleg1833

jack-legged1839

sharkish1844

spivvy1945

spivvish1948

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. 286 He that took th' impost'rous Ciprian King.

1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy i. 13 Thou..art indeed an impostrous Emperike.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 484 Aristotle..gave to the word Sophist a definition substantially the same as that which it bears in the modern languages ‘an impostrous pretender to knowledge’, a man who employs what he knows to be fallacy, for the purpose of deceit and of getting money.

2. Of the nature of an imposture.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adjective]

fakenOE

fraudulent1412

fraudfulc1475

impostorous?1549

imposterous1562

cavillinga1576

impostural1588

cogged1589

defraudfulc1592

imposturious?a1600

imposturizing1603

imposturous1608

impostured1619

circumventive1630

impostrate1632

imposterious1633

impostrous1635

charlatanical1663

quackish1670

charlatan1671

stellionated1672

shammisha1734

shim-sham1797

humbug1811

charlatanic1843

Peter Funk1845

charlatanish1846

jazzy1934

run-out1938

jivey1972

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 289 Further to speak of his impostrous lies.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) v. v. 412 The Idolatrous and Impostrous Church of Rome.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 699 The outcry was groundless and impostrous.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 26 As of the true and original jury, so of this impostrous modern substitute, the origin lies buried in obscurity.

Derivatives

imˈpostry n. = impostery n., impostory n., impostury n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]

falsec1000

fraudc1330

barrat1340

faitery1377

defraudc1450

trumpery1481

covin1487

defraudationc1503

knavery1528

conveyance1531

imposture1537

defrauding1548

cozenage1583

impostry1585

catch-dolt1592

gullery1598

coggery1602

gullage1607

charlatism1611

impostury1615

quacksalvery1617

mountebankery1618

imposition1632

imposturisma1634

blaflum1637

charlatanry1638

defraudment1645

mountebankism1649

impostorya1652

impostorism1652

imposturage1654

impostery1656

mountebank1657

imposing1659

quackery1675

quackism1722

empiricism1774

cross1802

charlatanism1804

practitionery1818

cozenry1829

humbuggery1831

trick1833

thimble-shift1834

thimble-shifting1834

thimbleriggery1841

humbuggism1842

quackhood1843

quacksalverism1864

razzle-dazzle1928

spivery1948

shuck1958

shucking and jiving1969

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xviii. 105 They returne to their houses triumphing of their impostrie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impostrous
释义	impostrousadj. Brit. /ɪmˈpɒstrəs/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɑstrəs/ Forms: Also 1600s impost'rous. Etymology: Abbreviation of imposterous adj. or impostorous adj.: compare monster, -trous. 1. Having the character of an impostor. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] fraudulentc1430 fraudelous1483 impostorous?1549 empirical1588 quacksalving1607 imposterous1611 imposturous1611 impostrous1612 impostorious1623 mountebankish1660 jackleg1833 jack-legged1839 sharkish1844 spivvy1945 spivvish1948 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. 286 He that took th' impost'rous Ciprian King. 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy i. 13 Thou..art indeed an impostrous Emperike. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 484 Aristotle..gave to the word Sophist a definition substantially the same as that which it bears in the modern languages ‘an impostrous pretender to knowledge’, a man who employs what he knows to be fallacy, for the purpose of deceit and of getting money. 2. Of the nature of an imposture. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [adjective] fakenOE fraudulent1412 fraudfulc1475 impostorous?1549 imposterous1562 cavillinga1576 impostural1588 cogged1589 defraudfulc1592 imposturious?a1600 imposturizing1603 imposturous1608 impostured1619 circumventive1630 impostrate1632 imposterious1633 impostrous1635 charlatanical1663 quackish1670 charlatan1671 stellionated1672 shammisha1734 shim-sham1797 humbug1811 charlatanic1843 Peter Funk1845 charlatanish1846 jazzy1934 run-out1938 jivey1972 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells v. 289 Further to speak of his impostrous lies. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) v. v. 412 The Idolatrous and Impostrous Church of Rome. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. ix. 699 The outcry was groundless and impostrous. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 26 As of the true and original jury, so of this impostrous modern substitute, the origin lies buried in obscurity. Derivatives imˈpostry n. = impostery n., impostory n., impostury n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] falsec1000 fraudc1330 barrat1340 faitery1377 defraudc1450 trumpery1481 covin1487 defraudationc1503 knavery1528 conveyance1531 imposture1537 defrauding1548 cozenage1583 impostry1585 catch-dolt1592 gullery1598 coggery1602 gullage1607 charlatism1611 impostury1615 quacksalvery1617 mountebankery1618 imposition1632 imposturisma1634 blaflum1637 charlatanry1638 defraudment1645 mountebankism1649 impostorya1652 impostorism1652 imposturage1654 impostery1656 mountebank1657 imposing1659 quackery1675 quackism1722 empiricism1774 cross1802 charlatanism1804 practitionery1818 cozenry1829 humbuggery1831 trick1833 thimble-shift1834 thimble-shifting1834 thimbleriggery1841 humbuggism1842 quackhood1843 quacksalverism1864 razzle-dazzle1928 spivery1948 shuck1958 shucking and jiving1969 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xviii. 105 They returne to their houses triumphing of their impostrie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1585
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