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pseudoromantic en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic English pseudoromantic From pseudo- + romantic.

Meanings

1. Spuriously romantic; schmaltzy.
   • ...she personally resented this increasingly dumb attempt to cash in on the pseudoromantic mystique of those particular olden days in this town... 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland:
   • Pure fantasia as the fictional betrothal is, it illustrates how pseudoromantic and sentimental Bernard Shaw was at heart, in spite of his public pose... 1963, Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann, The loves of George Bernard Shaw:

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