pseud
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Medicine, Sciences Colloquial Pseudomonas bacteria.
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pseud
nounUK /s(j)uːd/ · US /suːd/
Etymology Possible clipping of pseudointellectual. From Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).
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Derogatory An intellectually pretentious person; a poseur.
- He and two friends were known as “the three pseuds” among the rest of the boys, who thought them too clever by half.2012 November 9, Decca Aitkenhead, “Robbie Coltrane: ‘I take no nonsense’”, in The Guardian:
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