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adjective
Etymology: Greek pseudōnymos
Date: circa 1706
bearing or using a fictitious name <a pseudonymous report>; also being a pseudonym • pseudonymously adverb • pseudonymousness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pseudonymous
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Pseudonymous — Pseu*don y*mous, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh s false + ?, ?, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See {Pseudo }, and {Name}.] Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. {Pseu*don y*mous*ly}, adv. {Pseu*don y*mous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pseudonymous — index quasi Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pseudonymous — 1796, from M.L. pseudonymus, from Gk. pseudonymos (see PSEUDONYM (Cf. pseudonym)). Related: Pseudonymously … Etymology dictionary
pseudonymous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ writing or written under a false name. DERIVATIVES pseudonymity noun pseudonymously adverb … English terms dictionary
pseudonymous — [so͞o dän′ə məs] adj. [Fr pseudonyme < Gr pseudōnymos, having a false name < pseudēs, false + onyma, NAME] 1. using a pseudonym 2. written under a pseudonym pseudonymously adv … English World dictionary
pseudonymous — adjective written or writing under a pseudonym: the pseudonymous writer of the Insider column pseudonymously adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Pseudonymous remailer — A pseudonymous remailer or nym server, as opposed to an anonymous remailer, is an Internet software program designed to allow people to write pseudonymous messages on Usenet newsgroups and send pseudonymous email. Unlike purely anonymous… … Wikipedia
pseudonymous — pseudonymously, adv. pseudonymousness, n. /sooh don euh meuhs/, adj. 1. bearing a false or fictitious name. 2. writing or written under a fictitious name. [1700 10; < Gk pseudónymos; see PSEUDONYM, OUS] * * * … Universalium
pseudonymous — adjective /ˈsuː.dəˌnɪm.əs/ a) of or pertaining to a pseudonym b) fictitious See Also: onymous, anonymous, pseudonym … Wiktionary
pseudonymous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Being fictitious and not real, as a name: assumed, made up. See TRUE … English dictionary for students
