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prettyisms

prettyisms is the plural of prettyism.

Meaning of prettyism

Noun

prettyism (countable and uncountable, plural prettyisms)

  1. (archaic) The affectation of a pretty style or manner.
    • It is a fault , however , that the style is occasionally a little affected , and that a certain varnish of prettyism and pedantry is sometimes spread over conceptions of the most beautiful simplicity1806, “Memoires de Marmontel”, in The Edinburgh Review

Questions about prettyisms

What is prettyisms the plural of?
Prettyisms is the plural of prettyism.

Words near prettyisms in the dictionary

  1. pretty-prints
  2. prettying
  3. prettying up
  4. prettyish
  5. prettyism
  6. prettyisms
  7. Prettyman
  8. Prettymans
  9. prettyprint
  10. prettyprinted
  11. prettyprinter

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