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pretentious (adj.)
1836, from French
prétentieux
(17c.), from
prétention
"pretension," from Medieval Latin
pretentionem
(nominative
pretentio
) "pretension," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin
praetendere
(see
pretend
(v.)).
