Bible Dictionaries
Preposterous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order.

(2):

(a.) Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preposterous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/preposterous.html. 1828.