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Of that which appeared under the pseudonym Outidanos, a Greek word meaning 'worthless,' but came from the pen of the famous traveler, explorer, and translator of the Arabian Nights, S.r Richard Burton, W.H. Parker truly says that it is 'often clumsy, stilted and unnatural'; I have not seen the version (in a limited edition of 150 copies) of the American M.S. Buck (1937).
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- noun A fictitious name, especially a pen name.
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- I was not even thinking, at any rate not usefully. — Madam Will You Talk
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Of that which appeared under the pseudonym Outidanos, a Greek word meaning 'worthless,' but came from the pen of the famous traveler, explorer, and translator of the Arabian Nights, S.r Richard Burton, W.H. Parker truly says that it is 'often clumsy, stilted and unnatural'; I have not seen the version (in a limited edition of 150 copies) of the American M.S. Buck (1937).
— Members Only - Professional women who use a pseudonym are always deemed to be unmarried I am obliged to you for the information. — Nest Of Vipers-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 55
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I'll have to think more about whether seeking glory for a fictitious character like a pseudonym is another way of seeking one's own authority.
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During the search for pseudonyms for the staff -- the pseudonym is an essential in home journalism, and the easiest way of securing it is to turn one's name round -- we came upon the astonishing discovery that
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917
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- French pseudonyme, from Greek pseudōnumon, neuter of pseudōnumos, falsely named : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + onuma, name; see nŏ̄-men- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (so͞odˈn-ĭmˌ)/
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