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poser

noun
/ˈpəʊzə(ɹ)/UK/ˈpoʊzɚ/US

Etymology

From German Poser.

  1. borrowed from Poser

Definitions

  1. A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

    • “Always so energetic, Hastings! And what precisely would you have me do?” This was somewhat of a poser, but I was not going to withdraw from my position.

  2. Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.

    • Even as a child, she was a habitual poser of difficult questions.

  3. Someone who, or something which, poses

    Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A poseur

      A poseur; someone who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

      • Started hormones and these bitches called me a trans poser / They can kill themselves, I'm turning up like a transposer

    2. A surname from German

The neighborhood

Derived

poserish

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for poser. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA