English Explanatory Dictionary

pseudomessiah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A false Messiah; someone putatively claiming to be the Messiah.

Pronunciation

/ˈsuːdəʊmɪˌsaɪə/ /ˈsudoʊmɪˌsaɪə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudomessiah.wav

Word forms

pseudomessiah pseudomessiahs pseudo-Messiah

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Aramaic ܡ ܫ ܚder. Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (məšīḥā)bor. Hebrew מָשַׁח Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ)der. Ancient Greek Μεσσῑ́ᾱς (Messī́ās)bor. Latin Messīāsbor. Middle English Messyasder. English messiah English pseudomessiah From pseudo- + messiah.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary