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Meaning of prætentious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Alternative spelling of pretentious.

alt-of, alternative, rare

Examples

“Poa Secunda and John Secada don’t play bluegrass; and I’m not prætentious enough to pretend I can identify Kentucky Bluegrass, although there was a band by that name (Poa Prætensis) in the mid-‛70s.”
“Guess I was just being prætentious in my spelling. }->”
“It’s praetentious.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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