30 December 2016
poseur
[poh-zur; French paw-zœr]
noun, plural poseurs [poh-zurz; French paw-zœr]
1. a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
Origin of poseur
French
1880-1885; < French; see pose1, -eur
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Examples from the Web for poseur
Historical Examples
It is the poseur who is soft—soft at the very top, where Henry Ford is hard.
Abroad at Home
Julian Street
Poet and poseur he was, the strangest combination ever seen in man.
The Daffodil Mystery
Edgar Wallace
They were inclined to think he was somewhat of a poseur at first, but later they came to like him—all of them.
The “Genius”
Theodore Dreiser
He may be named only to be cursed as wanton and mocker, poseur, trifler and vagrant.
Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry
T. S. Eliot
He was not a poseur ; he was merely sensitively conscious of himself and of life as an art.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson – Swanston Edition
Robert Louis Stevenson
He’s not a bit like an actor; he’s natural and not a bit of a poseur.
My Actor-Husband
Anonymous
As to his personality, it seems to be that of the poseur —almost of the snob.
The Key to Yesterday
Charles Neville Buck
Even in “De Profundis” the poseur supplemented the artist, and the truth was not in him.
Oscar Wilde
Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
Mr. Bellton was at heart the poseur, but he was also the fighter.
The Key to Yesterday
Charles Neville Buck
Many consider Tolstoy a poseur, but he sincerely believes in himself.
Abroad with the Jimmies
Lilian Bell
Anagram
rope us
so pure
Today’s quote
Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.
– Leo Tolstoy
On this day
30 December – the sixth day of the 12 days of Christmas (Western Christianity).
30 December 1922 – Lenin establishes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
30 December 1945 – birth of Davy Jones, singer with British 1960’s rock band, The Monkees. Died 29 February 2012.
30 December 2006 – Former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, hanged after being found guilty of committing crimes against humanity.