SUPPOSITITIOUS

conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

(adjective) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; “theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural”; “the supposed reason for his absence”; “suppositious reconstructions of dead languages”; “hypothetical situation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

supposititious (comparative more supposititious, superlative most supposititious)

(obsolete) Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit; fake.

(obsolete) Imaginary; fictitious, pretended to exist.

Supposed or hypothetical.

Source: Wiktionary

Sup*pos`i*ti"tious, a. Etym: [L. suppositicus. See Supposition.]

1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon.

2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] Woodward.

– Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, adv.

– Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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