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pseudonymuncle
pseudonyˈmuncle, -ˈuncule [f. L. type *pseudōnymuncul-us, dim. of pseudōnymus: see prec. and -uncle.] A petty or insignificant person who writes under a pseudonym.1875 Reade Wand. Heir Pref. 22 She makes the public believe ‘C. F.’ is a clue to her whole name; so she is not a Pseudonymuncule. 1875 Sw...
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-uncle, suffix representing OF. -uncle (-oncle) and ultimately L. -unculus, -uncula, in a few words, in most of which it retains its diminutive force. The earliest of these is carbuncle from the 13–14th cent.; † portiuncle appears in the 15th, caruncle, furuncle, homuncle in the 17th, peduncle in th...
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