mannerism en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈmænəˌɹɪzəm/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English -er English manner Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mannerism From manner + -ism.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
The Inspector looked round. He knew well enough that they were alone in the study at The Turrets, but the action had become something of a mannerism with him.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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(countable, uncountable) Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
He generally spoke without academic mannerism, though on occasion he dipped into the over-wrought thickets of eduspeak to find words like “antithetical” or “foci” or “interface.”
1992, C Fraser Smith, Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor:artists […] dabblingly pursuing a kind of formalist mannerism merely in the interest of careerism
1984, Rasheed Araeen, Guy Brett, Making myself visible:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| mannerisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (24)
fi maneeri (exaggerated or affected style) · ga gothaíocht (habitual behavior) · fi maneeri (habitual behavior) · ga nósúlacht (habitual behavior) · fr tic (habitual behavior) · ru маньери́зм (habitual behavior) · da manér (habitual behavior) · fr manie (habitual behavior) · es manierismo (exaggerated or affected style) · de Maniertheit (habitual behavior) · ga snas (habitual behavior) · ga faisean (habitual behavior) · fr maniérisme (habitual behavior) · bg превзетост (exaggerated or affected style) · de Manier (habitual behavior) · pt maneirismo (habitual behavior) · pt maneirismo (exaggerated or affected style) · fr maniérisme (exaggerated or affected style) · eo afektaĵo (exaggerated or affected style) · kk маньеризм (exaggerated or affected style) · it manierismo (exaggerated or affected style) · es amaneramiento (exaggerated or affected style) · de Manierismus (exaggerated or affected style) · ru мане́рность (habitual behavior)