Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretensed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-tensed
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

pretend; fake

Obsolete

Etymology

From pretense + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Derived Forms

pretensedly

Questions

What does pretensed mean?
pretend; fake
Where does pretensed come from?
From pretense + -ed.

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