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Definitions

Prefix

1. 1
   False; not genuine; fake. morpheme
2. 2
   Quasi-; almost. morpheme, proscribed

Synonyms

All synonyms

mis

Etymology

From Middle English pseudo- (but uncommon before Modern English), from Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false, lying”).

Related phrases

pseudo-Latin

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