Reverse Dictionary: AFFECTATION

​ADJECTIVES
1540 — FEAT affected, excessively dainty or fastidious → obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
1560 — MINCING speaking, walking, or behaving in an affected manner
1584 — FASHIONATIVE affected → obs.
1590 — PRIMP orig. (of the mouth, etc.): pursed, set, primly shut; later, prim, neat; affected
1598 — PEREGRINATE affecting foreign styles or expressions; affected; mannered; also, having the appearance of a foreigner → chiefly literary usage
1598 — SKIPJACK affected, flighty, foppish 
..E17 — LADYFIED  affecting the airs of a fashionable lady → sl.
1610 — COXCOMBLY orig., foolish; later, vain, pretentiously affected, foppish → obs.
1625 — PRIMPED elaborately dressed or made up; fussily neat or smart; affected; vain
1627 — PRIGGING acting like a dandy or fop; affected → obs.
1641 — MIM affectedly modest or shy; prudish; primly silent or reticent → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1649 — COXCOMBICAL orig., foolish; later, vain, pretentiously affected, foppish → rare
1674 — SKIPJACKLY affected, flighty, foppish 
1684 — TICKLISH easily affected; sensitive → obs.
1687 — AFFECTATIOUS of the nature of affectation; pretentious, fake, sham, feigned → obs.
1697 — COXCOMBY of the nature of a coxcomb; vain, pretentiously affected, foppish → obs.
1715 — PENSY affected in manner; giving oneself airs; proud and conceited → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1730 — COXCOMBIC vain, conceited; pretentious, affected; foppish → obs.
1748 — FALLAL affected, finicking, foppish → obs.
1754 — FALLALISH somewhat affected 
1754 — OGERTFUL affected, dainty, fastidious, affecting delicacy of taste → Sc.
1774 — NAMBY-PAMBY inclined to affected daintiness, weak sentimentality, or childish simplicity; of a weak or trifling character 
1786 — NIMINY-PIMINY affected or over-refined in movement or behaviour
1790 — MIM-MOUTHED affectedly prim or proper in speech, etc.; reticent, shy at speaking out; soft-spoken → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1797 — HEART-STRICKEN deeply affected 
..19C — AS NICE AS A NANNY-HEN very affected; delicate → sl.
..19C — DENSH-GOBBED affected in speaking → Eng. dial.
..19C — DIMMY-SIMMY affected; languishing → Eng. dial.
1818 — NICKY-NACKY speaking in an affected or mincing manner → Sc.
1827 — MINCING affected; trifling → Sc.
1834 — AFFECTIBLE capable of being affected → Eng. dial.
1834 — VINNED → VINNIED affected; peevish, querulous, bad-tempered → Eng. dial.
1859 — PRIMPY fastidious, finicky; affected → Amer. dial.
1860 — LAH-DI-DAH → LARDY-DAH affectedly smart of costume, voice, manners → colloq.
1862 — COCK-A-LOFT affectedly lofty, stuck up, conceited → colloq.
1865 — FALALDRAN affected, mincing → Eng. dial.
1868 — TWANGY with affected or odd intonation → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1871 — MIMPING affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1873 — VINNY affected; nervous → Eng. dial.
1886 — MEEMAWING affected, mincing → Eng. dial.
1889 — LAA-DEE-LAA → LA-DE-DAH → LA-DEE-DA → LA-DI-DA → LA-DI-DAH → LAH-DE-DAH pert. to the affectedly cultured speech and manners of the upper-classes, esp. when noted from a lower social station → US jocular usage
1892 — MIMPSY-PIMSY affected; dainty, fastidious, fanciful → Eng. dial.
1895 — SAPPIE → SAPPY full of affected or exaggerated fervour → Sc.
1896 — MIM-SPOKEN affectedly prim or proper in speech, etc.; reticent, shy at speaking out; soft-spoken → Sc.
1897 — MIMINY-MOUTHED affected, prim, demure → Eng. dial.
..L19 — CAMP affected; effeminate, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality → sl.
..L19 — CAMPING affected; effeminate, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality → sl.
..L19 — CAMPISH affected; effeminate, exaggerated; the general image is that of limp-wristed homosexuality → sl.
..L19 — PUT-ON  affected, pretentious → US sl.
..20C — CHI-CHI affected; smart, stylish; pretentious, fancy → Amer. sl.
1905 — MEE-MAW affected, mincing, prim → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MIMMOCKING affected in manner → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MIMP affected; prim, demure → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MIMPY affected, mincing; dainty, fanciful about food → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1930 — NICEY-NICE affected, prissy → US sl.
1937 — PONCY affected, pretentious, self-consciously refined or superior; overly fancy or elaborate; effeminate, homosexual → sl., derogatory
1938 — FANCY-DAN affected; fancy; pretentious → Amer. sl.
1939 — FINE affected; citified → Amer. dial., usually derogatory
1960 — NELLIE → NELLY affected; effeminate, fussy, silly → colloq.
1960 — POMPOSO affected, pompous 
1964 — POOFED-UP dressed in an affected or effeminate manner → sl., chiefly derogatory
1965 — PUT-ON pretentious, affected → Amer. dial.
1966 — PUT-ON-ISH affected, pretentious → Amer. dial.
1967 — SADIDDY → SADITTY → SEDITTY → SIDDITY → SIDITTY affected; pretentious, exhibiting an unwarranted air of superiority; conceited, stuck-up → Amer. dial.
1997 — QUEENY affected; showy, melodramatic → US sl.

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

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

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

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