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pseudish, a. colloq.|ˈsjuːdɪʃ|
[f. pseud- (see pseudo-) or pseud a. (n.) + -ish1.]
Of architecture: imitative and exaggerated. Of other arts: affected, spurious. Also ellipt. as n. Hence ˈpseudishness = pseudery.
1938O. Lancaster Pillar to Post 66 Pseudish. This style which attained great popularity both in this country and in America (where it was generally known as Spanish-colonial), is actually our old friend Pont Street Dutch with a few Stockholm trimmings and a more daring use of colour. 1945Archit. Rev. XCVII. 165/1 The Georgian Movement slid into Pseudish, but the ideal—of chaste simplicity—remained. 1972Jazz & Blues Nov. 30/3 Other contributions are getting dangerously pseudish. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Nov. 1429/2 This style, which surely earns Betjeman's label ‘pseudish’. 1976Listener 23 Dec. 814/1 Better, perhaps, than the pseudish silences that have been creeping over telly art in the past year. 1978Punch 6 Sept. 374/1 We're accustomed to pseudishness in Arts Council catalogues. |