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Feb 10, 2012 This week's theme Words to describe people This week's words wastrel lummox dilettante roue poseur This week's comments AWADmail 502 Next week's theme Words coined after gods and goddesses Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg poseur PRONUNCIATION: (poh-ZUHR) MEANING: noun: One who behaves in an affected manner to impress others. ETYMOLOGY: From French poseur (poser), from poser (to pose), from Latin pausa (pause). Earliest documented use: 1869. USAGE: "Is Alain de Botton the biggest pseud and poseur of all time, or a brilliant writer who asks intriguing questions?" Lynn Barber; The Way Words Work; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Apr 5, 2009. Explore "poseur" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Never cut what you can untie. -Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

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