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Webster 1913 Edition


Pretentious

Pre-ten′tious

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
prétentieux
. See
Pretend
.]
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one’s; presuming; assuming.
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Pre-ten′tious-ly
,
adv.
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Pre-ten′tious-ness
,
Noun.