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Deceitful vs Impostrous - What's the difference?

deceitful | impostrous |

As adjectives the difference between deceitful and impostrous

is that deceitful is deliberately misleading or cheating while impostrous is (archaic) characterized by imposture; deceitful.

deceitful

English

Alternative forms

* deceiptful (obsolete) * deceiptfull (obsolete) * deceitfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • deliberately misleading or cheating
  • deceptive in multiple ways

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    impostrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
  • * George Grote, A History of Greece
    • Rhetoric (argues Plato in the dialogue called Gorgias) is no art whatever, but a mere unscientific knack, enslaved to the dominant prejudices, and nothing better than an impostrous parody on the true political art.