单词 | poseur |
释义 | poseurn. A person who deliberately adopts a particular attitude or pose; a person with an affected or pretentious style or demeanour. Cf. poser n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected person affecter1607 snuffler1642 languisher1713 attitudinarian1756 attitudinizer1824 pseudo1829 posturer1833 posturist1857 poseur1869 affectationist1873 Turveydrop1877 posturant1882 poser1888 four-flusher1904 gobdaw1947 nerd1951 pseud1954 jive-ass1964 1869 Putnam's Mag. Apr. 409/1 This poseur came to harangue Barcelona. 1881 Contemp. Rev. May 683 The same womanish and uncontrolled poseur. 1887 Athenæum 1 Jan. 34/1 The latest attitudes in literature, art, and politics are presented in a way to make poseurs of all sort either laugh or wince. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart 57 If you let yourself be beaten by that trickster and poseur, never dare to approach me again. 1977 Time 8 Aug. 46/3 But his life as self-styled genius and unrepentant poseur continues to tantalize. 1995 Maxim July 102 If you're a total poseur, then you should try a sun make-up product, which, applied carefully, can give you instant colour to disguise those sunglasses marks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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