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  pseud

  noun

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

  variant of pseudo- before a vowel.
• pseud.
  pseud.

  abbreviation

  pseudonym.

pseud

¹ American  

[sood] / sud /

noun

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

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adjective

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

pseud- ² American  

1. variant of pseudo- before a vowel.

   pseudepigraphy.

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pseud. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pseudonym.

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pseud ¹ British  

/ sjuːd /

noun

1. informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

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adjective

1. another word for pseudo

pseud. ² British  

abbreviation

1. pseudonym

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Etymology

Origin of pseud

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pseud pseud- pseud.

Private Eye mercilessly satirised him as the self-important Dr Jonathan, a sage and a pseud and too clever by half.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2019

Franco is the art-hoarding pseud whose basement is filled with memorabilia from his own films.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2013

Putting your hard-earned on the line forces you to focus and helps you learn the form book a lot faster than any pseud on the sidelines can manage.

From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010

Krazy makes an address, by Baron Ireland, pseud.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

A traveler in time, by Alison Uttley, pseud.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1967 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

For patients with pseud- arthrosis, the true test of the efficacy of the technique will not come until the affected children reach skeletal maturity, in their mid- to late teens.

From Time Magazine Archive

Water to burn, by Adam Allen, pseud. of Samuel & Beryl Epstein.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Never love a stranger, By Harold Robbins, pseud. of Harold Rubin. © 14Jan48; A20389.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Rim of the pit, by Hake Talbot, pseud. © 14Jul44; A181819.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

By Lewis Carroll, pseud., illus. by Leonard Weisgard. © on illus.; 7Nov49; A38090.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Girl in overalls; a novel of women in defense today, by Ellen Ashley, pseud. © 17Aug43; A174837.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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