pretentˈtsjozo
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pretentious
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Word origin
From pretendere ('to claim, to demand') plus the suffix -oso, pretendere coming from Latin praetendere ('to stretch before, to claim').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tendere
- English cognates
- pretend, tension
Grammar
Examples
gusti.
I find that restaurant too pretentious for my taste.
sincero.
His speech was pretentious and not very sincere.
.
I don't like pretentious people.
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