"impostrous" meaning in English

See impostrous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more impostrous [comparative], most impostrous [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} impostrous (comparative more impostrous, superlative most impostrous)
  1. (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful. Tags: archaic
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          "text": "1846-56, George Grote, A History of Greece\nRhetoric (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."
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