impostorous, a.
(ɪmˈpɒstərəs)
[f. impostor, or perh. (from the date) orig. f. imposture + -ous; cf. imposterous, -trous, -turous.]
† 1. Of the nature of an imposture. Obs.
| 1548 Hooper Ten Commandm. vii, That noman after there deathe shuld deceaue the people..with false and impostorous doctrine. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 224 Rites and ceremonies..impostorous, prophane and impious. |
2. Having the character of an impostor; practising imposture.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xx. §13. 944 Richard Simon, an ambitious and impostorous wretch. 1628 Ford Lover's Mel. i. ii, Thou..art indeed an impostorous empiric. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ Def. xxvii. 273 His impostorous Physician assured him, that he could not live one day without his Medicines. 1882 Creighton Hist. Papacy II. 458 marg., Impostorous Embassy from the East. |