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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pseudonymous

Pseudonymous \Pseu*don"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; pseydh`s false + ?, ?, a name: cf. F. pseudonyme. See Pseudo-, and Name.] Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
pseudonymous

1766, from Modern Latin pseudonymus, from Greek pseudonymos (see pseudonym). Related: Pseudonymously.\n

Wiktionary
pseudonymous

a. 1 of or pertaining to a pseudonym 2 (context of a name English) fictitious

WordNet
pseudonymous

adj. bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name; "the writings of Mark Twain are pseudonymous"

Usage examples of "pseudonymous".

Perhaps your identification of the pseudonymous Rappaccini as the person who made the flowers is a double bluff too.