mannerist
mannerist noun: someone especially interested in personal manners.
Noun (1)
mannerist (plural mannerists)
- Someone especially interested in personal manners.
- One who has many idiosyncratic mannerisms.
- A proponent of mannerism in literature or art.
Adjective capitalized: Mannerist
Mannerist (comparative more Mannerist, superlative most Mannerist)
- Of or relating to Mannerism.
Noun (2) capitalized: Mannerist
Mannerist (plural Mannerists)
- An artist who works in the style of Mannerism.
Forms of mannerist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mannerists |
| plural | Mannerists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Mannerist |
| superlative | most Mannerist |
Origin of mannerist
From manner + -ist.
Words formed from mannerist
Questions about mannerist
- What does mannerist mean?
- Mannerist means someone especially interested in personal manners.
- What part of speech is mannerist?
- Mannerist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of mannerist?
- The plural of mannerist is mannerists.
Words near mannerist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mannerist (page history and authors); Mannerist (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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