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41affectation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Artificiality of manner Nouns 1. (affected quality) affectation, affectedness, artificiality, insincerity, histrionics, ostentation; charlatanism, quackery (See deception); pretense, gloss, veneer,… …
42astrology — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. horoscopy, stargazing. See prediction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. horoscopy, reading of the stars, divination. The excellent foppery of the world. Shakespeare. WORD FIND • birth, zodiacal sign… …
43frill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trimming, decoration, ornament; ruffle, flounce, furbelow; extra, icing [on the cake] (inf.). See edge. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything thought to be unnecessary] Syn. embellishment, luxury, affection …
44pretense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. show, pretension, affectation, sham, imitation, ostentation; makeshift, simulation, excuse, pretext, evasion. See falsehood, vanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of pretending] Syn. affectation,… …
45Affectation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Affectation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 affectation affectation Sgm: N 1 affectedness affectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 acting a part acting a part &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense &c.(falsehood) 544 …
46Ostentation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ostentation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ostentation ostentation display show flourish parade etalage pomp array state solemnity Sgm: N 1 dash dash splash sp …
47two-tone — At its height in the years between 1979 and 1982, the two tone movement provided an often damning musical commentary on the most significant rightward ideological shift in modern British political thought. Hailing mainly from the more… …
48fop — noun a man who is excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance. Derivatives foppery noun foppish adjective foppishly adverb foppishness noun Origin ME (in the sense fool ): perh. related to fob2 …
49affectation — n. Pretension, airs, affectedness, mannerism, assumed manners, affected manner, pretence, false pretence, artificiality, unnaturalness, stiffness, finical air, mincingness, foppery …
50dandyism — n. Foppishness, foppery, man millinery …
