PREPOSTEROUS
ADJECTIVES
► ARSE-VERSY preposterous, fanciful → 1628
► ARSE-WISE preposterous, inept; awry → 20C colloq.
► ARSEY-WARSEY preposterous, fanciful → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARSY-FARCY preposterous, fanciful → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ARSY-VARSY preposterous; topsy-turvy → 1888
► ARSY-VERSY preposterous, fanciful → 1692
► LAPUTAN preposterous, visionary, absurd, fanciful, ridiculous, impossible → 1866
► NEVER-TO-BE-HEARD-TELL-OF preposterous, unheard-of → 1826 Sc.
ADVERBS
► ARSE-WISE preposterous; inept → 20C colloq.
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