mannerism
noun/ˈmænərɪzəm/
/ˈmænərɪzəm/
- [countable] a particular habit or way of speaking or behaving that somebody has but is not aware of
- nervous/odd/irritating mannerisms
Extra Examples- She has this irritating mannerism of constantly scratching her nose.
- He had been learning the great man's speeches and studying his mannerisms.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- odd
- irritating
- have
- acquire
- adopt
- …
- mannerism of
- [uncountable] too much use of a particular style in painting or writing
- Mannerism[uncountable] a style in 16th century Italian art that did not show things in a natural way but made them look strange or out of their usual shapeTopics Artc2
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