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单词 posturant
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posturantn.

Brit. /ˈpɒstʃᵿrənt/, U.S. /ˈpɑstʃərənt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: posture v., -ant suffix1.
Etymology: < posture v. + -ant suffix1. Compare earlier posturer n. and posturist n. O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the pronunciation as (pǫ·stiŭrănt) /ˈpɒstjʊərənt/.
rare.
A person who adopts a posture.In quot. 1934: a person who adopts an intellectual or aesthetic posture, esp. for effect; a poseur.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected person
affecter1607
snuffler1642
languisher1713
attitudinarian1756
attitudinizer1824
pseudo1829
posturer1833
posturist1857
poseur1869
affectationist1873
Turveydrop1877
posturant1882
poser1888
four-flusher1904
gobdaw1947
nerd1951
pseud1954
jive-ass1964
1882 A. C. Dayton Last Days Knickerbocker Life in N.Y. 190 Miss Wheatley was prepossessing in face and form; perfectly satisfactory as a dancer and posturant.
1934 E. Sitwell Aspects Mod. Poetry i. 19 A school of American-Greek posturants..began to exude a thin stream of carefully chosen watery words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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