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mannerizing

mannerizing is the present participle and gerund of mannerize.

Meaning of mannerize

Verb

mannerize (third-person singular simple present mannerizes, present participle mannerizing, simple past and past participle mannerized)

  1. (transitive) To perform or produce according to a certain manner or style.
  2. (transitive) To adopt (a behaviour) as a mannerism; to convert into a mannerism.
    • She experiences violent drives, but she herself is 'above' them. Her affects are never neuroticized, as her tics are never mannerized.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Questions about mannerizing

What is mannerizing the present participle and gerund of?
Mannerizing is the present participle and gerund of mannerize.

Words near mannerizing in the dictionary

  1. mannerists
  2. mannerization
  3. mannerize
  4. mannerized
  5. mannerizes
  6. mannerizing
  7. mannerless
  8. mannerlessly
  9. mannerlessness
  10. mannerliness
  11. mannerly

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