- Assumed manner - Insincerity - Mannerism - Pretentious manner - An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or
real; false display; artificial show. - A striving after. - Fondness; affection.
- Bombastic speech - Eloquence - Oratory - Pretentious speech - The art of composition; especially, elegant composition
in prose. - Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance,
and force. - Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation
without conviction or earnest feeling.