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pseudography|ps-, sjuːˈdɒgrəfɪ| [ad. Gr. ψευδογραϕία false drawing, writing, or description, f. ψευδογράϕ-ος: cf. late L. pseudographia (a 525): see pseudograph and -graphy.] False writing. 1. The writing of words falsely, i.e. not according to the sound, or not according to usage; false, incorrect, or bad spelling; an instance of this.
1580G. Harvey Lett. Wks. (Grosart) I. 104 See what absurdities thys yl fauoured orthographye, or rather Pseudography, hath ingendred. 16..B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. iv, To add a superfluous letter, as there are too many in our pseudography. 1734Hearne Collect. 17 May, Shakespeare wanted learning. He was guilty of pseudography, sometimes perhaps designedly. 1804Mitford Inquiry 408 Those who would make our speech bend to what he justly calls our pseudography. 2. False argument. rare.
1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xxii. 467 Most absurd Pseudographie is this in Astrologie. |