Carnegie as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Andrew Carnegie ( kar- NAY -gee , but commonly KAR -nÉ-ghee or kar- NEG -ee ; November 25, 1835 â August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist .
pretentious. adjective. 1  Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case: a pretentious socialite. 2  Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority: made pretentious remarks about his education.
Definition of supposititious. 1  1a : fraudulently substituted : spuriousb of a child (1) : falsely presented as a genuine heir (2) : illegitimate. 2  2 [influenced in meaning by supposition] a : imaginaryb : of the nature of or based on a supposition : hypothetical.