Unscramble

p 3 s 1 e 1 u 1 d 2 o 1 n 1 y 4 m 3

9 letters · 17 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

originBack-formation from pseudonymous, from French pseudonyme (“pseudonymous”, adjective), from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos), from ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma), a dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -onym.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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