pretentiousadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈtɛnʃəs/, U.S.

/priˈtɛn(t)ʃəs/,

/prəˈtɛn(t)ʃəs/

Forms: 1800s– pretensious (now nonstandard), 1800s– pretentious.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prétentieux.

Etymology: < French prétentieux making an exaggerated outward display, ostentatious, showy (1789) < prétention pretension n.¹ + -eux -ous suffix. Compare Spanish pretencioso (mid 19th cent. or earlier), Italian pretenzioso (1841; also pretensioso).In form pretensious influenced by pretension n.¹ In sense 2 (which is apparently not paralleled in the Romance languages) after pretension n.¹

1. Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed; making an exaggerated outward display; ostentatious, showy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective]

taunt?a1534

cocket1537

fastuous?1591

cobbing1599

whalebone1602

airy1606

fastigious1625

flatuous1630

high and mighty1633

vapouring1647

flatulent1658

hoity-toity1690

jackanapish1696

superior1711

penseful1788

uppish1789

pensy1790

stuck-up1812

glorified1821

toploftical1823

pretentious1832

sophomoric1837

highty-tighty1847

snippy1848

jumped-up1852

set-up1856

toplofty1859

cock-aloft1861

high-tone1864

high-toned1866

pretensivea1868

fancy-pants1870

hunched1870

snotty1870

head-in-air1880

uppity1880

jackanapsian1881

airified1882

sidey1898

posh1914

upstage1918

snooty1919

high-hatted1924

hincty1924

snot-nosed1941

posho1989

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective]

rankOE

peacockly?a1425

ruffling1531

garish1545

peacockish1551

peacock-like1576

ostentatious1590

fastuous?1591

flaring1593

flantitanting1596

ostentive1599

ostentative1601

showful1607

flourishable1614

flourishing1616

flaunting1624

ostentous1624

ostentatory1638

swasha1640

fanfaron1670

paradeful1748

ostensible1782

epideictic1790

fandangous1797

flashy1801

affiché1818

show-off1818

splashing1820

flaunty1825

splash-and-dash1830

pretentious1832

flash1836

splashy1836

pretenceful1841

swanky1842

peacocky1844

fantysheeny1847

splurgy1852

cheesy1858

pretensivea1868

duchessy1870

swagger1879

lavish1882

splurging1884

show-offy1890

razzmatazz1900

show-offish1903

whoop-de-do1904

Ritz1908

split-arse1917

swanking1918

ritzy1919

fantoosh1920

knock-me-down1922

showboating1936

showboat1939

hellzapoppin'1945

zazzy1961

glitzy1966

sploshy1966

zhuzhy1968

noncy1989

bling1999

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. May 382/2 [He] lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude.

1845 C. J. Lever O'Donoghue xxxi An hotel of more pretensious exterior.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. i. 28 As severe as he dared on all Pharisees and pretentious persons whatsoever.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 102 Pretentious poverty At its wits' end to keep appearance up.

1907 Athenæum 25 May 641/3 His two larger pictures..are as clever, but a little more pretentious.

1953 S. Chase Power of Words ii. xxiii. 249 The term has now spread to windy and pretentious language in general.

1985 A. Cohen Admirable Woman (1987) 151 Did I hand out a reading list? Oh God, how pretentious.

2003 Time Out N.Y. 8 May 165/4 A far more annoying force is the pretentious gallerists and collectors who buy and sell graffiti-inspired art, robbing it of its street cred.

†2. Of the nature of a pretension (pretension n.¹ 2); baseless. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1886 W. Chappell in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 2 4/1 After which [sc. Thomson's death] Mallet put in a pretentious claim [to be the author of ‘Rule Britannia’], against all evidence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pretentious
释义	pretentiousadj. Brit. /prᵻˈtɛnʃəs/, U.S. /priˈtɛn(t)ʃəs/, /prəˈtɛn(t)ʃəs/ Forms: 1800s– pretensious (now nonstandard), 1800s– pretentious. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prétentieux. Etymology: < French prétentieux making an exaggerated outward display, ostentatious, showy (1789) < prétention pretension n.¹ + -eux -ous suffix. Compare Spanish pretencioso (mid 19th cent. or earlier), Italian pretenzioso (1841; also pretensioso).In form pretensious influenced by pretension n.¹ In sense 2 (which is apparently not paralleled in the Romance languages) after pretension n.¹ 1. Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed; making an exaggerated outward display; ostentatious, showy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] taunt?a1534 cocket1537 fastuous?1591 cobbing1599 whalebone1602 airy1606 fastigious1625 flatuous1630 high and mighty1633 vapouring1647 flatulent1658 hoity-toity1690 jackanapish1696 superior1711 penseful1788 uppish1789 pensy1790 stuck-up1812 glorified1821 toploftical1823 pretentious1832 sophomoric1837 highty-tighty1847 snippy1848 jumped-up1852 set-up1856 toplofty1859 cock-aloft1861 high-tone1864 high-toned1866 pretensivea1868 fancy-pants1870 hunched1870 snotty1870 head-in-air1880 uppity1880 jackanapsian1881 airified1882 sidey1898 posh1914 upstage1918 snooty1919 high-hatted1924 hincty1924 snot-nosed1941 posho1989 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] rankOE peacockly?a1425 ruffling1531 garish1545 peacockish1551 peacock-like1576 ostentatious1590 fastuous?1591 flaring1593 flantitanting1596 ostentive1599 ostentative1601 showful1607 flourishable1614 flourishing1616 flaunting1624 ostentous1624 ostentatory1638 swasha1640 fanfaron1670 paradeful1748 ostensible1782 epideictic1790 fandangous1797 flashy1801 affiché1818 show-off1818 splashing1820 flaunty1825 splash-and-dash1830 pretentious1832 flash1836 splashy1836 pretenceful1841 swanky1842 peacocky1844 fantysheeny1847 splurgy1852 cheesy1858 pretensivea1868 duchessy1870 swagger1879 lavish1882 splurging1884 show-offy1890 razzmatazz1900 show-offish1903 whoop-de-do1904 Ritz1908 split-arse1917 swanking1918 ritzy1919 fantoosh1920 knock-me-down1922 showboating1936 showboat1939 hellzapoppin'1945 zazzy1961 glitzy1966 sploshy1966 zhuzhy1968 noncy1989 bling1999 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. May 382/2 [He] lived no day of his life without doing and saying more than one pretentious ineptitude. 1845 C. J. Lever O'Donoghue xxxi An hotel of more pretensious exterior. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. i. 28 As severe as he dared on all Pharisees and pretentious persons whatsoever. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. ii. 102 Pretentious poverty At its wits' end to keep appearance up. 1907 Athenæum 25 May 641/3 His two larger pictures..are as clever, but a little more pretentious. 1953 S. Chase Power of Words ii. xxiii. 249 The term has now spread to windy and pretentious language in general. 1985 A. Cohen Admirable Woman (1987) 151 Did I hand out a reading list? Oh God, how pretentious. 2003 Time Out N.Y. 8 May 165/4 A far more annoying force is the pretentious gallerists and collectors who buy and sell graffiti-inspired art, robbing it of its street cred. †2. Of the nature of a pretension (pretension n.¹ 2); baseless. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1886 W. Chappell in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 2 4/1 After which [sc. Thomson's death] Mallet put in a pretentious claim [to be the author of ‘Rule Britannia’], against all evidence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1832
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