| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pseu·do·nym |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s d n- m |
| NOUN: | A fictitious name, especially a pen name. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French pseudonyme, from Greek pseud numon, neuter of pseudnumos, falsely named : pseud s, false; see pseudo– + onuma, name; see n -men- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pseudo·nymi·ty —NOUN
pseu·dony·mous (s-d n -ms) —ADJECTIVE
pseu·dony·mous·ly —ADVERB
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