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Rhapsodist :: Rhapsodist (n.) One who writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of feeling.

Grimace :: Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face..

Cantatory :: Cantatory (a.) Containing cant or affectation; whining; singing.

Hum :: Hum (v. i.) To make an inarticulate sound, like h'm, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem..

Prettyism :: Prettyism (n.) Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc..

Affectation :: Affectation (n.) Fondness; affection.

Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.

Plain :: Plain (superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.

Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..

Newfangled :: Newfangled (a.) Newmade; formed with the affectation of novelty.

Dude :: Dude (n.) A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations..

Snobbishness :: Snobbishness (n.) Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.

Affectationist :: Affectationist (n.) One who exhibits affectation.

Affection :: Affection (n.) Affectation.

Euphuism :: Euphuism (n.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

Unaffected :: Unaffected (a.) Free from affectation; plain; simple; natural; real; sincere; genuine; as, unaffected sorrow..

Sophomorical :: Sophomorical (a.) Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation..

Foppery :: Foppery (n.) The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly..

Affectation :: Affectation (n.) A striving after.

Pedantical :: Pedantical (a.) Of or pertaining to a pedant; characteristic of, or resembling, a pedant; ostentatious of learning; as, a pedantic writer; a pedantic description; a pedantical affectation..

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