pseud

¹

[ sood ]

noun

1. a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a pseud.

pseud-

²

1. variant of pseudo- before a vowel:

   pseudepigraphy.

pseud.

³

abbreviation for

1. pseudonym.

pseud

¹

/ sjuːd /

noun

1. informal.
   a false, artificial, or pretentious person

adjective

1. another word for pseudo

pseud.

²

abbreviation for

1. pseudonym

Word History and Origins

Origin of pseud¹

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening of pseudointellectual or parallel compounds with pseudo-

Example Sentences

Private Eye mercilessly satirised him as the self-important Dr Jonathan, a sage and a pseud and too clever by half.

From BBC

What are all the pseuds — perpetually on the lookout for the next new writer of the moment — to do?

From Los Angeles Times

The shows I see utilise nakedness as a character or prop in itself; part of the medium of the message, if that doesn’t make me sound too much of a pseud.

From The Guardian

Her son, Art, is a hapless nature blogger and pointless pseud.

From New York Times

Not to get all pseuds’ corner, but the grownup tulle trend is actually rejecting that sugar and spice recipe.

From The Guardian