Meanings
adjectiveimposterous (comparative more imposterous, superlative most imposterous)
comparative more imposterous · superlative most imposterous
- obsoletefraudulent; pretending to be someone else
Twice have I seen her with thee , twice my thoughts Were prompted by mine eye to hold thy strictness False and imposterous
1606, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Woman-Hater”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
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