Etymology

pseud

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Today it means: An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ψευδής
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψευδής“false, lying”
  2. English todaypseud

Possible clipping of pseudointellectual. From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekψευδής all →

pseudo-pseudodox

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