Marivaudage
/marɪˈvəʊdɪdʒ/ /marɪˈvəʊdɑːʒ/noun
Exaggerated sentiment expressed in affected language, after the style of Marivaux; a verbose and affected style.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Horace Walpole (1717–1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts. From French Marivaudage from marivauder to write in the style of Marivaux + -age.
- paradoxical
- paradoxicality
- paradoxically
- paradoxicalness
- Paradoxidian
- paradoxism
- paradoxist
- paradoxographer
- paradoxographical
- paradoxography
- paradoxology
- paradoxurine
- paradoxy
- paradromic
- paradrop
- paraduodenal
- paraenesis
- paraenetic
- paraenetical
- paraesthesia
- paraesthesis
- paraesthetic
- parafango
- paraffin
- paraffinic