Sunday, April 22, 2012

So Does A Strap on Qualify?

Today's Word "supposititious"
Fraudulently substituted for something else

supposititious \suh-poz-uh-TISH-uhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what it purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit. 2 : Hypothetical; supposed.

"When it was revealed that the mouse the couple had claimed to find in their soup was supposititious it was thought they would necessarily withdraw their claim."

Supposititious is from Latin suppositicius, from suppositus, past participle of supponere, "to put under, to substitute," from sub-, "under" + ponere, "to put." It is related to suppose.

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