pretentiosity

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pretentiosity

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  1. uncountable The quality of being pretentious. He allowed the schemer with something to vend to humbug him, and he was pounced upon by troops of aristocratic and “society” people, whose impecunious pretentiosity is ever forcing them to hunt down every creature from whom they think money may be wrung.

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@misc{pretentiosity_2026,
  title = {pretentiosity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretentiosity},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}