transitive. To make (language) affected in character; to pamper (a person), to treat with excessive delicacy or tenderness. Also with it.
| 单词 | θ93550 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > perform or enact affectedly [verb (transitive)] > make affected (5) miniardize1598 transitive. To make (language) affected in character; to pamper (a person), to treat with excessive delicacy or tenderness. Also with it. mannerize1899 transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to adopt or become characterized by a mannerism or mannerisms (in behaviour, speech, style, etc.). prissy1960 intransitive and transitive = priss, v. Subcategories:— deprive of simplicity (1) — make unnatural (1) |
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