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pseudoliterary

pseudoliterary adjective: apparently, but not actually, literary; having pretensions to literature.

Adjective

pseudoliterary (not comparable)

  1. Apparently, but not actually, literary; having pretensions to literature.

Origin of pseudoliterary

From pseudo- + literary.

Questions about pseudoliterary

What does pseudoliterary mean?
Pseudoliterary means apparently, but not actually, literary; having pretensions to literature.
What part of speech is pseudoliterary?
Pseudoliterary is an adjective.

Words near pseudoliterary in the dictionary

  1. pseudolisten
  2. pseudolistened
  3. pseudolistening
  4. pseudolistens
  5. pseudolite
  6. pseudoliterary
  7. pseudolites
  8. pseudolithiasis
  9. pseudolives
  10. pseudolivid
  11. pseudolivids

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