foppery
noun
Roget 855:
affectation;
affectedness
etc.
adj.;
acting a part
etc.
v.;
pretense
etc.
(falsehood)
544,
(ostentation)
882;
boasting
etc.
884.
charlatanism,
quackery,
shallow profundity;
pretension,
airs,
pedantry,
purism,
precisianism,
euphuism;
teratology
etc.
(altiloquence)
577.
mannerism,
simagree,
grimace.
conceit,
foppery,
dandyism,
man millinery,
coxcombry,
puppyism.
stiffness,
formality,
buckram;
prudery,
demureness,
coquetry,
mock modesty,
minauderie,
sentimentalism;
mauvais honte,
false shame.
affector,
performer,
actor;
pedant,
pedagogue,
doctrinaire,
purist,
euphuist,
mannerist;
grimacier;
lump of affectation,
precieuse ridicule [Fr.],
bas bleu [Fr.],
blue stocking,
poetaster;
prig;
charlatan
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
petit maitre
etc.
(fop)
854;
flatterer
etc.
935;
coquette,
prude,
puritan.
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Roget 882:
ostentation,
display,
show,
flourish,
parade,
etalage [Fr.],
pomp,
array,
state,
solemnity;
dash,
splash,
splurge,
glitter,
strut,
pomposity;
pretense,
pretensions;
showing off;
fuss.
magnificence,
splendor;
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
grand doings.
coup de theatre;
stage effect,
stage trick;
claptrap;
mise en scene [Fr.];
tour de force;
chic.
demonstration,
flying colors;
tomfoolery;
flourish of trumpets
etc.
(celebration)
883;
pageant,
pageantry;
spectacle,
exhibition,
exposition,
procession;
turn out,
set out;
grand function;
f=ete,
gala,
field day,
review,
march past,
promenade,
insubstantial pageant.
dress;
court dress,
full dress,
evening dress,
ball dress,
fancy dress;
tailoring,
millinery,
man millinery,
frippery,
foppery,
equipage.
ceremony,
ceremonial;
ritual;
form,
formality;
etiquette;
puncto [Lat.],
punctilio,
punctiliousness;
starched stateliness,
stateliness.
mummery,
solemn mockery,
mouth honor.
attitudinarian†;
fop
etc.
854.
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