attitudinizev.
/atɪˈtjuːdɪnʌɪz/ 1. intransitive. To practise attitudes studiously or excessively; to strike an attitude; to pose, posture.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)] > use affected posture or gesture
attitudinize1784
to strike an attitude1883
1784 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1831) V. 220 He had a great aversion to gesticulating in company. He called once to a gentleman who offended him in that point, ‘Don't attitudinise.’
1833 H. Martineau Loom & Lugger ii. iv. 74 Sobbing and attitudinizing and looking dolorously.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 117 The elegant Sparkins attitudinized with admirable effect.
2. figurative. To practise affected and self-conscious deportment, or to speak or write in a corresponding manner, in order to produce an effect upon spectators.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)]
to make it goodlyc1325
bride?1533
affect1600
mimp1673
to give oneself airs1701
fal-lal1818
pose1840
posturize1850
attitudinize1864
primp1875
posture1877
lardy-dardy1887
to put (or pile) on lugs1889
la-di-da1901
profile1970
1864 Fraser's Mag Apr. 404 When Audley Egerton attitudinizes and works out the regulation of an iron exterior and an iron heart.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xiv. 194 In every line that he wrote Cicero was attitudinising for posterity.
1882 Atl. Monthly July 105 Even the leaders of the Southern Confederacy sometimes attitudinized for an awe-stricken world to see.
3. To go to excess in representing attitudes in painting or sculpture.
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