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Imposture vs Impostrous - What's the difference?

imposture | impostrous |

As a noun imposture

is the act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

As an adjective impostrous is

(archaic) characterized by imposture; deceitful.

imposture

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.

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    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.