pseudish
/ˈs(j)uːdɪʃ/noun
Often with capital initial. Osbert Lancaster's mock or depreciative name for: a style or supposed ‘school’ of architecture regarded as imitative or exaggerated. Now rare.
adjective
Derogatory. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a 'pseud'; intellectually or socially pretentious, insincerely affected.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Osbert Lancaster (1908–1986), cartoonist and designer. As noun from pseudo + -ish; compare later pseud and pseudo. As adjective from pseud + -ish; compare earlier pseud.
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