prætentious

English

Adjective

prætentious (comparative more prætentious, superlative most prætentious)

1. (rare, pedantic or humorous) Alternative spelling of pretentious.
   • 1996: “Dan Mazer”, bit.listserv.bgrass-l (Google group): Poaverty, the 6^th day of January at 8 o’clock a.m.

     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.

   • 1999: “Dave Van Domelen”, rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe (Google group): RANT: Dave’s Marvel Rant: Cap, TBolts, Panther, the 19^th day of August at 7 o’clock a.m.

     Guess I was just being prætentious in my spelling. }->

   • 2005: “Arval”, rec.org.sca (Google group): Terminology: Mediaeval or Medieval?, the 15^th day of February at 7:19pm

     It’s praetentious.

   • 2008: “radjaerna”, RichardDawkins.net Forum: Should women have equal rights with men?, forum post № 775,752 on Friday the 28^th of March at 11 o’clock p.m.

     Therefore, I shall do no such prætentious and give my opinion without a reasoning, knowing that such a ‘reasoning’ means nothing.