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affectationist

noun

Etymology

From affectation + -ist.

  1. borrowed from affectātiōnem
  2. borrowed from affectation
  3. suffixed as affectationist — “affectation + ist”

Definitions

  1. One who exhibits affectation.

    • Adamantiferous, etymologically correct, would never answer; but all except pedants or affectationists would be satisfied with diamond-producing.
    • Colour is a grand subject for our modern affectationists. The proof of a gift for colour would, according to them, appear to be that you do not see in any object the colour which people have seen in it since the beginning of the world […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA