impostor
/ɪmˈpɑstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
noun
A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person.
Example Sentences
- ""It were dishonour in me to yield. I will not play the part of an impostor, whom my uncle must despise even while he screens. No; these estates are his right: let him take them; I will not buy them with his daughter's hand.""
- "Then again these figures take no account of the thousands of beggars who travel free in India. Many of these are religious "Sadhus", dressed often in nothing but a loin-cloth, or even less, and their bodies smeared with ashes. A large number of these men are nothing but impostors, but the Hindu railway staff usually are afraid to interfere with them."
- "“I said he had a criminal face.” “He can't help his face.” “He can help being a crook and an impostor. Calls himself a butler, does he? The police could shake that story. He's no more a butler than I am.”"
- "Interestingly, Wang shows that Chinese allows the appearance of an indexical pronoun alongside the imposter, as in (31)."
- "One possibility is that mothers of HR [higher-risk] infants frequently use non-pronoun forms in place of pronouns, as in the impostor uses noted above."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French imposteur, respelled in the Latin manner; ultimately from Latin impositor, agent form of Latin imponere (“to impose”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: impositor
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪmˈpɑstɚ/
- British English: /ɪmˈpɒstə/