Soi-disant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soi-disant \Soi`-di*sant"\ (sw[aum]"d[-e]`z[aum]N"), a. [F.; soi
     one's self + disant, p. pr. of dire to say.]
     Self-named; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  soi-disant
       adj : as claimed by and for yourself often without justification;
             "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"
             [syn: {self-styled}]