mannerism
mannerism is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. Macaulay.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abrupt
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- awkward
- barbarism
- barbarous
- break
- cacophony
- crude
- dislocate
- dry
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- forced
- formal
- fustian
- graceless
- grotesque
- harsh
- inelegance
- inelegant
- jaw
- labored
- mannered
- marinism
- offensive
- polite
- ponderous
- rude
- slang
- solecism
- stiff
- stiffness
- teeth
- that
- the
- turgid
- uncouth
- ungraceful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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