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soi-disant

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soi-disant /ˌswɑːdiːˈzɒ̃/

▶adjective self-styled: a soi-disant novelist.

– origin Fr., from soi ‘oneself’ + disant ‘saying’.

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