Definitions for Preposterous
prɪˈpɒs tər əs, -trəspre·pos·ter·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculousadjective

   incongruous;inviting ridicule

   "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. preposterousadjective

   Absurd, or contrary to common sense.

2. Etymology: From praeposterus, from prae + posterus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PREPOSTEROUSadjective

   Etymology: præposterus, Lat.

   1. Having that first which ought to be last; wrong; absurd; perverted.

   Put a case of a land of Amazons, where the whole government, publick and private, is in the hands of women: is not such a preposterous government against the first order of nature, for women to rule over men, and in itself void? Francis Bacon.

   Death from a father’s hand, from whom I first
   Receiv’d a being! ’tis a preposterous gift,
   An act at which inverted nature starts,
   And blushes to behold herself so cruel. John Denham.

   Such is the world’s preposterous fate;
   Amongst all creatures, mortal hate
   Love, though immortal, doth create. John Denham.

   By this distribution of matter, continual provision is every where made for the supply of bodies, quite contrary to the preposterous reasonings of those men, who expected so different a result. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in order of nature. John Woodward, Nat. Hist.

   2. Applied to persons: foolish; absurd.

   Preposterous ass! that never read so far
   To know the cause why musick was ordain’d. William Shakespeare.

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1. preposterous

   Preposterous refers to something that is utterly absurd or ridiculous, often to the point of being laughable. It is used to describe scenarios, statements or actions that are so contrary to reason or common sense that they seem completely unbelievable or nonsensical.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Preposterousadjective

   having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order

2. Preposterousadjective

   contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Preposterous

   prē-pos′tėr-us, adj. contrary to nature or reason: wrong: absurd: foolish.—adv. Prepos′terously.—n. Prepos′terousness, unreasonableness. [L. præposterus—præ, before, posterus, after—post, after.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Preposterous in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Preposterous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Preposterous in a Sentence

1. Brian Fletcher:

   The simple matter of fact is that the pro-abortion crowd has successfully, up until now, gotten the courts to wall off the criminal enforcement of abortion restrictions and that is preposterous for all the reasons that you can imagine.

2. Attorney Jay Kanzler:

   The entire story is preposterous and laughable, (The filmmaker) owes an apology to the store owner, the community of Ferguson, and the police officers who put their lives on the line because of his recklessness.

3. Don Woodsmall:

   The SPLC leadership’s own history is one of racism, misogyny and spreading hate, including an extremist attack on the Family Research Center, the notion that haters of the truth can be fit judges of who is or is not a ‘hater’ is preposterous, and the sooner people stop taking these far-left loons seriously the better.

4. Murshed Zaheed:

   It is just absurd and preposterous.

5. Jane Kim:

   It’s not inherently a bad thing, but it will concentrate wealth and it’s going to drive further inequity if you don’t prepare for it now, preposterous.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Preposterous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Preposterous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Preposterous
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Preposterous
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Preposterous