A fine point of etiquette or petty formality.
Roget 852:
fashion,
style,
ton,
bon ton†,
society;
good society,
polite society;
monde [Fr.];
drawing-room,
civilized life,
civilization,
town,
beau monde [Fr.],
high life,
court;
world;
fashionable world,
gay world;
Vanity Fair;
show
etc.
(ostentation)
822.
manners,
breeding
etc.
(politeness)
894;
air,
demeanor
etc.
(appearance)
448;
savoir faire [Fr.];
gentlemanliness†,
gentility,
decorum,
propriety,
biens_eance [Fr.];
conventions of society;
Mrs.
Grundy;
punctilio;
form,
formality;
etiquette,
point of etiquette;
dress
etc.
225.
custom
etc.
613;
mode,
vogue,
go;
rage
etc.
(desire)
865;
prevailing taste;
fad,
trend,
bandwagon,
furore†,
thing,
in thing,
craze,
chic,
last word.
man of fashion,
woman of fashion,
man of the world,
woman of the world;
height of fashion,
pink of fashion,
star of fashion,
glass of fashion,
leader of fashion;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.]
etc.
(taste)
850;
the beautiful people,
the fashion set,
upper ten thousand
etc.
(nobility)
875;
elite
etc.
(distinction)
873;
smart set;
the four hundred [U.S.];
in crowd.
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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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Roget 939:
probity,
integrity,
rectitude;
uprightness
etc.
adj.;
honesty,
faith;
honor;
bonne foi [Fr.],
good faith,
bona fides [Lat.];
purity,
clean hands.
fairness
etc.
adj.;
fair play,
justice,
equity,
impartiality,
principle,
even-handedness;
grace.
constancy;
faithfulness
etc.
adj.;
fidelity,
loyalty;
incorruption,
incorruptibility.
trustworthiness
etc.
adj.;
truth,
candor,
singleness of heart;
veracity
etc.
543;
tender conscience
etc.
(sense of duty)
926.
punctilio,
delicacy,
nicety;
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness
etc.
adj.;
scruple;
point,
point of honor;
punctuality.
dignity
&c.,
(repute)
873;
respectability,
respectableness
etc.
adj.;
gentilhomme [Fr.],
gentleman;
man of honor,
man of his word;
fidus Achates [Lat.],
preux chevalier [Fr.],
galantuomo [It];
truepenny†,
trump,
brick;
true Briton;
white man [U.S.].
court of honor,
a fair field and no favor;
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].
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