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ADJECTIVE (1)

1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
- Example: "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
- Example: "the supposed reason for his absence"
- Example: "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
- Example: "hypothetical situation"
[syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Supposititious \Sup*pos`i*ti"tious\, a. [L. suppositicus. See
   Supposition.]
   1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being
      what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious;
      counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious
      writing. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] --Woodward.
      [1913 Webster] -- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, adv. --
      Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness, n.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

supposititious
    adj 1: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
           "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still
           highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his
           absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead
           languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural,
           divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed,
           suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]