pretensive

a. (加勒比英语)=pretentious

词形变化

more pretensive 比较级 most pretensive 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pretended; feigned.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Pretentious.

    美国

    I used half a lifetime reading the critics, and while I found the content pretensive I found the style somehow pleasurable […].

词源

From the participle stem of Latin praetendere + -ive.

来源:wiktionary