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preposterous

/pɹəˈpɑstəɹəs/ adjetivo C2

En español: insensato, prepóstero, descabellado

  1. Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
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It is absurd, impossible, preposterous to anyone who knew him.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 18 · B2
As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking out of her tearful eyes.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 288 · C1
What is his game, then, and what motive lies behind this preposterous search for Garridebs?
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 78 · B2

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