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- [sood]
- /sud/
- /sjuːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sood]
- /sud/
Definitions of pseud word
- noun pseud a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions. 1
- adjective pseud of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud. 1
- noun pseud pretentious person, fraud 1
- prefix pseud false 1
- countable noun pseud If you say that someone is a pseud, you mean that they are trying to appear very intellectual but you think that they appear silly. 0
- noun pseud a false, artificial, or pretentious person 0
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Origin of pseud
First appearance:
before 1960 One of the 3% newest English words
1960-65; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pseud
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pseud popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.