pseud

[sood]Informal.

noun

a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

Origin of pseud

1960–65; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

pseud.

pseudonym.

pseud-

variant of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.

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British Dictionary definitions for pseud

pseud

noun

informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adjective

another word for pseudo

pseud.

abbreviation for

pseudonym

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