Read full poem →follow that at all times and under all circumstances he was insincere.
"Once a _poseur_ always a _poseur_" is a rough-and-ready formula not
invariably applicable even to a poet.
Dictionary Entry
One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.
In a Sentence
“He pretends he's an artist, but he's just a poseur.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. poseurde poseurposeur mereposeur splendid
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Synonyms
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Poetry examples for “poseur”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →somewhere. He may be named only to be cursed as wanton and
mocker, poseur, trifler and vagrant. Or he may be classed as
filling a niche today like that of Keats in a preceding epoch.