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• mannerism — [man′ər iz΄əm] n. 1. excessive use of some distinctive, often affected, manner or style in art, literature, speech, or behavior 2. a peculiarity of manner in behavior, speech, etc. that has become a habit 3. [M ] a 16th cent. style in art… …   English World dictionary

• mannerism — mannerist, n. manneristic, adj. manneristically, adv. /man euh riz euhm/, n. 1. a habitual or characteristic manner, mode, or way of doing something; distinctive quality or style, as in behavior or speech: He has an annoying mannerism of tapping… …   Universalium

• mannerism — noun a) A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual. b) Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior …   Wiktionary

• mannerism — A peculiar or unusual characteristic mode of movement, action, or speech. * * * man·ner·ism man ə .riz əm n a characteristic and often unconscious mode or peculiarity of action, bearing, or treatment esp any pointless and compulsive activity… …   Medical dictionary

• mannerism — Synonyms and related words: Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, aroma, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, attribute, badge, brand, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, command of language, configuration, cut,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Ayla (Earth's Children) — Ayla is the main character of Jean Auel s Earth s Children novels. She is a Cro Magnon woman who was raised by Neanderthals. Ayla was played by Daryl Hannah in the 1986 movie The Clan of the Cave Bear .BackgroundAyla is orphaned as a young child… …   Wikipedia

• pose# — pose vb *propose, propound Analogous words: *ask, question, query: *puzzle, confound: baffle (see FRUSTRATE) pose n 1 Pose, air, affectation, mannerism are comparable when they mean an adopted rather than a natural way of speaking and behaving …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Classical Latin — Latinitas Latin inscription in the Colosseum …   Wikipedia

• pose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. attitude, affectation; position, posture; aspect, figure. See form. v. sit; attitudinize, affect; propound; question, puzzle, quiz, inquire, nonplus. See difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. artificial …   English dictionary for students

• POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …   Universalium