What does "pseudo-tudo" mean?

An architectural style using elements of Tudor or Tudor revival architecture, or a building employing such style, especially one judged to be inauthentic or of lower quality.

Pseudo-tudo

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Noun

1
An architectural style using elements of Tudor or Tudor revival architecture, or a building employing such style, especially one judged to be inauthentic or of lower quality. derogatory, uncommon, uncountable
"[…] dormers and leaded panes abounded, and so did angles, bright tiles and horizontal windows, the gnomes having combined Pseudo-Tudo with Lutyens-Functional."

Adjective

1
In a style similar to Tudor or mock-Tudor architecture; faux Tudor. derogatory, not-comparable, uncommon, usually
"Then I went to the Grafton Cinema to have supper in the pseudy tudy interior."

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"Then I went to the Grafton Cinema to have supper in the pseudy tudy interior."

Etymology

From pseudo- + Tudor, with the latter element reduced, resulting in internal rhyme. Compare variant pseudy tudy. Attested from the mid 20th century (see quotations below).

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