单词 | posturer |
释义 | posturern. A person who postures, or poses for effect; a poseur. Also: one who makes postures or contortions, an acrobat, a contortionist (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected person affecter1607 snuffler1642 languisher1713 attitudinarian1756 attitudinizer1824 pseudo1829 posturer1833 posturist1857 poseur1869 affectationist1873 Turveydrop1877 posturant1882 poser1888 four-flusher1904 gobdaw1947 nerd1951 pseud1954 jive-ass1964 1833 Times 6/3 The gymnastic feats of the Italian balance-master, the Chinese posturer, and the American vaulters, seemed to give much satisfaction. 1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. ix. 244 It seems to treat man too much as the animal or the posturer. 1896 W. Black Briseis xix. 244 Then there are the precious people—the posturers—strutting in front of a literary mirror and admiring themselves. 1909 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 27 July 8/6 Introducing 500 Animal Actors and scores of European Sensationalists, including the famous Kiami Troupe of Japanese Posturers, Equilibrists and jugglers. 1978 ‘A. Stuart’ Vicious Circles 50 You don't have to look far back in Italian history to see that a buffoon, a posturer, could make it to the top. 2004 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 17 Oct. (TV Mag.) 8 He is a bit of a blowhard, a macho posturer who always seems to be playing a role. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833 |
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