: temporary or substitute formation similar to (a specified thing)
pseudopodium
3
: resembling, isomeric with, or related to (a specified chemical compound)
pseudoephedrine
Example Sentences
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Noun
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018 Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
Word History
Etymology
Noun
short for pseudo-intellectual
Combining form
Greek, from pseudēs, from pseudesthai to lie; akin to Armenian sut lie and probably to Greek psychein to breathe — more at psych-