Category:Preposterous

Pre*pos"ter*ous a.Etym: [l. praeposterus; prae before + posterus Coming after, latter. See posterior.]

1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [obs.] The method i take may be censured as preposterous, because i thus Treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of Nature. Woodward.

2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and Glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. "most preposterous Conclusions." Shak. Preposterous ass, that never read so far! Shak.

Syn. -- absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd. -- pre*pos"ter*ous*ly, adv. -pre*pos"ter*ous*ness, n.