pseud

¹

[ sood ]

noun

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

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

pseud-

²

1. variant of pseudo- before a vowel:

   pseudepigraphy.

pseud.

³

abbreviation for

1. pseudonym.

pseud

¹

/ sjuːd /

noun

1. informal.
   a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adjective

1. another word for pseudo

pseud.

²

abbreviation for

1. pseudonym

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseud¹

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

Example Sentences

There is a perpetual confusing of actual ideas with what are nothing but pseud-ideas.

From Project Gutenberg

Mutatis mutandis this definition will apply to aggressive (pseud-episematic) resemblance.

From Project Gutenberg

In 734 synaposematic colouring the warning is genuine, in pseud-aposematic it is a sham.

From Project Gutenberg