pseud

¹ American  

[sood] / sud /

noun

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

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adjective

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

pseud- ² American  

1. variant of pseudo- before a vowel.

   pseudepigraphy.

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pseud. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pseudonym.

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pseud ¹ British  

/ sjuːd /

noun

1. informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person

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adjective

1. another word for pseudo

pseud. ² British  

abbreviation

1. pseudonym

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Etymology

Origin of pseud

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 • Nov. 27, 2019

Franco is the art-hoarding pseud whose basement is filled with memorabilia from his own films.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2013

Putting your hard-earned on the line forces you to focus and helps you learn the form book a lot faster than any pseud on the sidelines can manage.

From The Guardian • May 14, 2010

Les mouches du pecheur de truites, by L. de Boisset, pseud.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1966 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

It's your hard luck, by William March, pseud.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office