单词 | affectationist |
释义 | affectationistn. A person who indulges in affectation or artificiality. ΘΚΠ 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 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 177 ‘Adamantiferous’, etymologically correct, would never answer; but all except pedants or affectationists would be satisfied with ‘diamond-producing’. 1935 Musical Times 76 219/1 How can the casual concert-goers or the affectationists make head or tail of such music? 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Oct. But we have no equivalent of the New York Jewish lobby, only a bunch of shrill affectationists on the permafrost of the Tory right. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1873 |
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