See Also: preposterous(medicine)
preposterous(dictionary)
preposterous(dictionary)

preposterous (iou)



preposterous adjective. M16.
[from Latin praeposterus reversed, from prae PRE- + posterus coming after: see -OUS.]
Having last what should be first; inverted. Now rare. M16.
Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; monstrous, perverse; utterly absurd, outrageous. M16.
W. Buchan Nothing can be more preposterous than a mother who thinks it below her to take care of her..child. R. K. Narayan He expressed his gay mood by tying a preposterous turban round his head. F. Tomlin Accusations that he was a 'fascist'..are little short of preposterous.
preposterously adverb M16.
preposterousness noun E17.