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affectatious

adj
/ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃəs/US

Etymology

From affectation + -ous or + -ious.

  1. borrowed from affectātiōnem
  2. borrowed from affectation
  3. suffixed as affectatious — “affectation + ous”

Definitions

  1. Pretentious, artificial, fake, sham, feigned

    Pretentious, artificial, fake, sham, feigned; doing something just for show.

    • At the same time, American intellectual and artistic elites, … help create a sophisticated, if sometimes affectatious urban mentality.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for affectatious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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