mannerism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mannerism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mannerism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mannerism n a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual Synonym(s): idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display Synonym(s): affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mannerism \Man"nerism\, n. [Cf. F. mani[82]risme.] Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism* is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle, and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is always offensive. --Macaulay.