What is given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak called?
affected — Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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