AFFECTED Copy link • AFFECTED(A) of men: putidus (one who overdoes the thing; especially in speaking): ineptus (forced): molestus (vexatiously silly): arte quadam in ostentationem virtutum compositus: vultuosus (grimacing): gesticulationibus molestus (vexing one by his gestures, attitudes, etc.). To be affected in gait, mollius incedere (of a mincing, tripping, effeminate gait): magnifice incedere (of a stately one): in manner, in gestu mollem esse, gesticulationibus molestum esse: in speech, putide (in an exaggerated manner) or inepte (in a forced manner) dicere or loqui. (B) of things, putidus (overdone, exaggerated): molestus (troublesome): quaesitus (sought with pains): ascitus (borrowed from others, not natural; opposed to nativus). Affected words, apparata verba. Affected walk, mollior incessus (Ov., A.A., 306).