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impostrous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Characterized by imposture; deceitful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1846-56, George Grote, A History of Greece Rhetoric (argues Plato in the dialogue called Gorgias) is no art whatever, but a mere unscientific knack, enslaved to the dominant prejudices, and nothing better than an impostrous parody on the true political art.

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