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单词 pseudonymous
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pseudonymousadj.

Brit. /s(j)uːˈdɒnᵻməs/, U.S. /suˈdɑnəməs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pseudonymus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pseudonymus falsely named (9th cent.), written under an assumed name (1632 in a work title), writing under an assumed name (1674 in a work title; < ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος under a false name, falsely named: see pseudonym n.) + -ous suffix. Compare French pseudonyme , adjective (1690 in sense 1, 1762 in sense 2).
1. Bearing or assuming (esp. writing under) a false or fictitious name; belonging to or characterizing a person who does this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > assuming a fictitious name
pseudonymous1706
cryptonymous1814
pseudonymic1837
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pseudonymous, that has a counterfeit Name.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 8 The Pseudonymous Inconsiderableness of those Libelling Insults.
1809 S. Pegge Anonymiana Advt. to Rdr. p. v Whether the person be of known and established character, anonymous, or pseudonymous.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 67 532 The pseudonymous refugees of political persecution.
1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 10 A Parisian has just taken the trouble to write a book..to unmask all his pseudonymous contemporaries.
1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxv. 420 It had been agreed that he was to avoid Carthew..so that no connection might be traced between the crew and the pseudonymous purchaser.
1930 Jewish Q. Rev. 20 295 Since the publication of the book the pseudonymous writer has publicly revealed himself as James Waterman Wise.
2002 Book Nov.–Dec. 57/3 The real mystery in Hearn's gorgeous story is not the plot but the identity of the talented, pseudonymous author.
2. Written under an assumed or fictitious name; attributed to or bearing a name other than that of the real author.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > assuming a fictitious name > written under an assumed name
pseudonymal1656
pseudonymous1710
pseudonymic1874
1710 tr. P. Bayle Hist. & Crit. Dict. II. 1013/2 This I find in a pseudonymous Piece printed at London in the Year 1697.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The greater Epistles of St. Ignatius, &c. are usually supposed to be Pseudonymous.
1853 Times 7 May 5/3 He was the writer of a series of pseudonymous letters, addressed to the late Duke of Wellington.
1882 S. Halkett & J. Laing (title) A dictionary of the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great Britain.
1906 H. B. Swete Apocalypse Introd. xv. §1. 170 A Christian apocalypse, if pseudonymous, would naturally have been attributed to an Apostle.
1984 D. Lessing Diaries of Jane Somers Pref. 5 I have been thinking about writing a pseudonymous novel for years.
1993 Choir Schools Today Issue 7. 20/1 I eventually discovered that these [carols] were the pseudonymous work of the Cathedral Junior School's modest musical director.

Derivatives

pseuˈdonymously adv. in a pseudonymous manner; under a false or fictitious name.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adverb] > by way of specific types of name
hypocoristically1652
patronymically1751
cognominally1825
pseudonymously1831
1831 Times 7 Sept. 3/5 He had..pseudonymously published a work on foreign relations through Arnold the bookseller of that city.
a1845 R. H. Barham Jarvis's Wig in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 314 A stuff by drapers most pseudonymously termed ‘everlasting’.
1931 Times 6 Feb. 19/3 This book is a record of his childhood and youth, of the scenes and people, pseudonymously presented,..among which his early days were spent.
1997 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 May 7/1 Narratives recorded over almost three decades by ‘Mohammed’, a pseudonymously named Swahili peasant of about sixty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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