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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

manneristic en · ADJ

Etymology

From manner + -istic.

Meanings

  1. Relating to, or exhibiting, mannerisms.
    • [H]e seemed to gesticulate a good deal with his arm and showed a tic-like or manneristic tendency to adjust his spectacles every two or three minutes. 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

Forms

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more manneristic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most manneristic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

manneristically