MANNERED

mannered

(adjective) having unnatural mannerisms; “brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mannered (comparative more mannered, superlative most mannered)

(often, in combination) Having manners or (often excessive) mannerisms.

Anagrams

• re-manned, remanned

Source: Wiktionary


Man"nered, a.

1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak.

2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style is in some degree mannered and confined. Hazlitt.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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