Etymology

poseur

P3O1S1E1U1R1

Today it means: One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others. Full definition →

French poseur
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · borrowed fromposeur
  2. French · borrowed fromposeur
  3. English todayposeur

Borrowed from French poseur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.