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PSEUDONYMOUSLY

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pseu⋅don⋅y⋅mous

[soo-don-uh-muhs]
–adjective
1. bearing a false or fictitious name.
2. writing or written under a fictitious name.

Origin:
1700–10; < Gk pseudnymos; see pseudonym, -ous


pseu⋅don⋅y⋅mous⋅ly, adverb
pseu⋅don⋅y⋅mous⋅ness, noun
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pseu·do·nym   (sōōd'n-ĭm')   
n.  A fictitious name, especially a pen name.

[French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnumon, neuter of pseudōnumos, falsely named : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]
pseu'do·nym'i·ty n., pseu·don'y·mous (sōō-dŏn'ə-məs) adj., pseu·don'y·mous·ly adv.
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