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pseudocollegiate

pseudocollegiate adjective: apparently, but not actually, collegiate.

Adjective

pseudocollegiate (not comparable)

  1. Apparently, but not actually, collegiate.
    • A charming aspect of pseudocollegiate life. Heaven forbid that I conceive what the real thing is like.1989, Kendall Hailey, The Day I Became an Autodidact, page 214

Origin of pseudocollegiate

From pseudo- + collegiate.

Questions about pseudocollegiate

What does pseudocollegiate mean?
Pseudocollegiate means apparently, but not actually, collegiate.
What part of speech is pseudocollegiate?
Pseudocollegiate is an adjective.

Words near pseudocollegiate in the dictionary

  1. pseudocoelomic
  2. pseudocoeloms
  3. pseudocoels
  4. pseudocoelum
  5. pseudocollarable
  6. pseudocollegiate
  7. pseudocolloquial
  8. pseudocolonial
  9. pseudocolonialism
  10. pseudocolonies
  11. pseudocolonization

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