Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imposterous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-pos-ter-ous
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

fraudulent; pretending to be someone else

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Twice have I seen her with thee , twice my thoughts Were prompted by mine eye to hold thy strictness False and imposterous"

Etymology

From impostor + -ous.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more imposterous (comparative) most imposterous (superlative)

Questions

What does imposterous mean?: fraudulent; pretending to be someone else
Where does imposterous come from?: From impostor + -ous.

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