Pre‐ten″tious (?), a. [Cf. F. prétentieux. See Pretend.] Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. — Pre‐ten″tious‐ly, adv. — Pre‐ten″tious‐ness, n.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.