Reverse Dictionary: AFFECTATION

​ADJECTIVES
► AFFECTATIOUS of the nature of affectation; pretentious, fake, sham, feigned → 1687 obs.
► AFFECTIBLE capable of being affected → 1834 Eng. dial.
► CAMP affected; effeminate, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality → L19 sl.
► CAMPING affected; effeminate, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality → L19 sl.
► CAMPISH affected; effeminate, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality → L19 sl.
► CHI-CHI affected; smart, stylish; pretentious, fancy → 20C Amer. sl.
► COCK-A-LOFT affectedly lofty, stuck up, conceited → 1862 colloq.
► COXCOMBIC vain, conceited; pretentious, affected; foppish → 1730 obs.
► COXCOMBICAL orig., foolish; later, vain, pretentiously affected, foppish → 1649 
► COXCOMBLY orig., foolish; later, vain, pretentiously affected, foppish → 1610 obs.
► COXCOMBY of the nature of a coxcomb; vain, pretentiously affected, foppish → 1697 obs.
► DENSH-GOBBED affected in speaking → 19C Eng. dial.
► DIMMY-SIMMY affected; languishing → 19C Eng. dial.
► FALALDRAN affected, mincing → 1865 Eng. dial.
► FALLAL affected, finicking, foppish → 1748 obs.
► FALLALISH somewhat affected → 1754 
► FANCY-DAN affected; fancy; pretentious → 1938 Amer. sl.
► FASHIONATIVE affected → 1584 obs.
► FEAT affected, excessively dainty or fastidious → 1540 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
► FINE affected; citified → 1939 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► HEART-STRICKEN deeply affected → 1797 
► LAA-DEE-LAA ► LA-DE-DAH ► LA-DEE-DA ► LA-DI-DA ► LA-DI-DAH ► LAH-DE-DAH ► LAH-DI-DAH ► LARDY-DAH pert. to the affectedly cultured speech and manners of the upper-classes, esp. when noted from a lower social station; affectedly smart of costume, voice, manners → 1860 colloq.
► LADYFIED  affecting the airs of a fashionable lady → E17 sl.
► MEE-MAW affected, mincing, prim → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEEMAWING affected, mincing → 1886 Eng. dial.
► MIM affectedly modest or shy; prudish; primly silent or reticent → 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIMINY-MOUTHED affected, prim, demure → 1897 Eng. dial.
► MIMMOCKING affected in manner → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIM-MOUTHED affectedly prim or proper in speech, etc.; reticent, shy at speaking out; soft-spoken → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIMP affected; prim, demure → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIMPING affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food → 1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIMPSY-PIMSY affected; dainty, fastidious, fanciful → 1892 Eng. dial.
► MIMPY affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MIM-SPOKEN affectedly prim or proper in speech, etc.; reticent, shy at speaking out; soft-spoken → 1896 Sc.
► MINCING speaking, walking, or behaving in an affected manner → 1560 
► NAMBY-PAMBY inclined to affected daintiness, weak sentimentality, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character → 1774 
► NELLIE ► NELLY affected; effeminate, fussy, silly → 1960 colloq.
► NICE AS A NANNY-HEN, AS very affected; delicate → 19C sl.
► NICEY-NICE affected, prissy → 1930 US sl.
► NICKY-NACKY speaking in an affected or mincing manner → 1818 Sc.
► NIMINY-PIMINY affected or over-refined in movement or behaviour → 1786 
► OGERTFUL affected, dainty, fastidious, affecting delicacy of taste → 1754 Sc.
► PENSY affected in manner; giving oneself airs; proud and conceited → 1715 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PEREGRINATE affecting foreign styles or expressions; affected; mannered; also, having the appearance of a foreigner → 1598 chiefly literary usage
► POMPOSO affected, pompous → 1960 
► PONCY affected, pretentious, self-consciously refined or superior; overly fancy or elaborate; effeminate, homosexual → 1937 sl., derogatory
► POOFED-UP dressed in an affected or effeminate manner → 1964 sl., chiefly derogatory
► PRIGGING acting like a dandy or fop; affected → 1627 obs.
► PRIMP orig. (of the mouth, etc.): pursed, set, primly shut; later, prim, neat; affected → 1590 
► PRIMPED elaborately dressed or made up; fussily neat or smart; affected; vain → 1625 
► PRIMPY fastidious, finicky; affected → 1859 Amer. dial.
► PUT-ON  affected, pretentious → L19 US sl.
► PUT-ON-ISH affected, pretentious → 1966 Amer. dial.
► QUEENY affected; showy, melodramatic → 1930 US sl.
► SADIDDY ► SADITTY ► SEDITTY ► SIDDITY ► SIDITTY affected; pretentious, exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SAPPIE ► SAPPY full of affected or exaggerated fervour → 1895 Sc.
► SKIPJACK affected, flighty, foppish → 1598 
► SKIPJACKLY affected, flighty, foppish → 1674 
► TICKLISH easily affected; sensitive → 1684 obs.
► TWANGY with affected or odd intonation → 1868 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VINNED ► VINNIED affected; peevish, querulous, bad-tempered → 1834 Eng. dial.
► VINNY affected; nervous → 1873 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► AFFECTATELY affectedly → 1635 obs.
► CAMP in an affected, effeminate, or exaggerated manner → 1970 US homosexual sl.
► FANCY affectedly, fancily → 1940 
► WITH AN AIR in an affected or showy manner → 1701 

NOUNS
► AFFECT an affectation, a trick → 1588 
► COXCOMBALITY pretentious affectation, foppishness → 1785 obs.
► COXCOMBERY conceitedness, vanity, pretentious affectation; foppery → 1774 
► COXCOMBITY pretentious affectation → 1697 obs.
► COXCOMBRY conceitedness, vanity, pretentious affectation; foppery → 1745 
► EFFECTISM affected behaviour → 1871 
► FALLAL ► FALLOL affectation in manner, fussy show of politeness → 1879 Eng. dial.
► FANTASTRY affectation, fantastic display or show; ostentation → 1656 obs.
► FLAMIGIGS affectations, airs and graces → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FRILL affectation, swagger, conceit → 19C colloq.
► GIVO ► GIVOR ► GUIVER ► GUYVER ► GYVER affectation of speech or behaviour; flattery; artfulness → 1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
► KANGAROO HOP  a short-lived feminine affectation in which the hands were held palm-down at the breast → L19 Aust. sl.
► LA-DE-DA ► LA-DE-DAH ► LAH-DE-DAH language or behaviour characterized by affectation, pretension, or preciosity → 1874 US sl.
► LOLLYGAGS affectations, airs, love-making → 1913 Amer. (Bk.)
► MEE-MAW an affected manner, affectation; an antic or grotesque action or expression of face → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MINK-MIMP an affected or mincing manner of speaking → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MONOCORY affectation → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ONTACK affectations and airs; assumption → 1900 Sc.
► PRETTYISM superficial or affected prettiness of style, expression, or manner → 1789 
► QUIAMS AND QUAVERS affected speech and gesture → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SIMAGRE an affected air or look → 1678 obs.
► SIMPER-DE-COCKET ► SIMPER-THE-COCKET an affected coquettish air; a woman characterized by this; a flirt → 1529 obs.
► TIGERISM affectation or vulgar ostentation; pretentiousness; swagger → 1836 
► WANTONNESS foppish affectation, effeminacy → 1386 obs.
► YAWYAWDOM an affected expression → 1862 

NOUNS – PERSON
► AFFECTER an affected person → 1607 obs.
► COXCOMB a foolish, vain, or pretentiously affected woman → 1640 obs.
► COXCOMBESS a vain or pretentiously affected woman; a female coxcomb → 1827 obs.
► COXCOMBRY coxcombs collectively; vain, pretentious, affected people as a class → 1818 obs.
► DUDE an affected male; a fop → 19C US sl.
► FADDLE an affected and very effeminate male; a homosexual man → 19C 
► FAKE an affected or insincere person → 1886 Amer. sl.
► FANCY-DAN an affected or pretentious fellow; a show-off → 1943 Amer. sl.
► GIMCRACK an affected, showy, or worthless person; a conceited fellow; a fop; in later use a term of contempt applied to women → 1618 obs.
► GIXIE an affected, mincing woman; a wanton wench; a mistress → 1641 obs.
► GUSSIE an affected and/or effeminate man → 1890 Aust. sl.
► HAM an affected, pretentious person; esp. one who assumes or attempts to convey an impression of gentility not actually his → 1950 Amer. sl.
► HER LADYSHIP an affected, pretentious, and snobbish woman → 1887 Brit. colloq.
► HIGH BOB an affected or pompous person → 1881 US sl.
► HIGH HAT an affected, supercilious, or condescending person; an aristocrat; a wealthy or conceited person; a snob; a member of the social elite → 1923 US colloq., orig. theatre usage
► HIS LORDSHIP an affected, overbearing man → 1988 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► HIS NIBS an affected, overbearing man → 1882 sl.
► JACK-A-NIPS an affected, puppyish young man; a conceited coxcomb → 1839 Eng. dial.
► LA-DE-DA ► LA-DE-DAH ► LAH-DE-DAH a person notable for affectation in behaviour; a fop or swell → 1874 US sl.
► MASHER a dandy or fop of affected manners and exaggerated style of dress who frequented music-halls and fashionable promenades and who posed as a lady-killer → 1882 sl.
► MINIKIN a slight affected girl; a pert fine girl → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINNOCK an affected person; one who affects much delicacy → 1852 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NANNICOCK an affected, silly person → 1600 obs.
► PAEWAE an affected, querulous person, esp. a woman → 1927 Sc.
► PAROLIST a user of affected words → 1604 obs.
► POMPOSO an affected or self-important person → 1806 
► PONCE an affected or effeminate man or boy; a homosexual man → 1932 depreciative usage
► POOF an affected or effeminate man → 1833 sl., derogatory
► POOFTER an effected or effeminate man → 1889 sl., orig. Aust., derogatory
► POOFTEROO an affected or effeminate man → 1966 sl., derogatory
► PUKE an affected, conceited person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► PUT-ON an affected, pretentious, or insincere person → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SILVERTAIL an affected person; one who puts on airs and graces; a social climber → 1942 sl.
► SIMPER-DE-COCKET ► SIMPER-THE-COCKET a woman having an affected coquettish air; a flirt → 1529 obs.
► TAMMIE-TIT an affected, prim sort of person → 1924 Sc.
► TIP-TOE NANCY an affected girl putting on airs → 1900 Amer. dial.
► TURVEYDROP an affected person; one who poses as a perfect model of deportment → 1877 
► WILLY-WALLIE an affected effeminate man → 1822 Sc.
► YAW-HAW an affected person → 1867 

VERBS
► ACT LIKE ONE’S SHIT DON’T SMELL ► ACT LIKE ONE’S SHIT DON’T STINK to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner → 1960 sl., orig. US
► ACT LIKE SHIT WOULDN’T MELT IN ONE’S MOUTH to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner → 1960 sl., orig. US
► ATTITUDINIZE to assume an affected attitude → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► BE A LITTLE UPON THE FAL-LAL to border on the affected → 1754 obs.
► BRANK to hold the head erect in an affected or constrained manner → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BRIDE to act in an affected manner → 1533 obs.
► BUNG IT ON to act affectedly; to assume an accent → 1940 Aust. sl.
► BUNG ON AN ACT to act with affectation → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CAMP IT UP to make an ostentatious or affected display → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► FRIMICATE to be affected; to give oneself airs → 19C Eng. dial.
► LA-DI-DA ► LA-DI-DAH to use affected manners or speech → 1900 sl.
► MANK to talk in an affected manner → 1905 Eng. dial.
► MEE-MAW to be affected; to do anything affectedly → 1874 Eng. dial.
► MIM to act in an affected, prim manner, either in speaking, eating, walking, etc. → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MIMP to speak or act in an affected or mincing manner; to toy or play with one’s food in an affected manner → 1861 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MINCE to walk or dance with short steps, in an affected or mincing manner → 1890 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MINNOCK to affect delicacy; to ape the manners of one’s superiors; to fool about → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOP to fidget about; to behave affectedly and fantastically → 1811 Eng. dial.
► NAB to speak in an affected, mincing manner; to attempt to speak fine English → 1895 Sc.
► NAGGLE to toss the head in an affected and stiff manner → 1847 colloq.
► NANTLE ► NAUNTLE to go about in an affected, mincing, conceited fashion → 1841 Eng. dial.
► PONCE to act in an affected or ineffectual manner; to walk effeminately, to mince; chiefly said of a man → 1947 
► PRIMP to move or walk affectedly or mincingly → 1943 
► PRISS to walk or go about in an ostentatious or affected manner → 1954 Amer. dial.
► PRISS AROUND to walk or go about in an ostentatious or affected manner → 1946 Amer. dial.
► PUT ON THE GYVER to behave or speak affectedly → 1864 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ
► PUT ON THE HIGH PAN to speak in an affected pseudo-English manner → 1949 Sc.
► SCANCE to talk in an affected or pompous manner, to embellish a story to the limits of credibility for the sake of effect → 1815 Sc.
► SCRAPE THE TONGUE to talk affectedly → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TALK LIKE POUND NOTES to talk in an affected, supposedly ‘classy’ manner → 1950 sl.
► YAP ► YAUP ► YAWP to speak in an affected manner; applied to English speakers or to Scots who ape them → 1880 Sc.
► YAW-YAW to talk affectedly → 1854