affectation Copy link Outline 1. sĭmulātĭo2. affectātĭo3. mŏlestĭa (rare, and only where the context explains it)4. mōrōsĭtas • affectation: 1. sĭmulātĭo: the a. of friendship, s. amicitiae, Cic,: the a. of the ancients about the concealment of eloquence, veterum circa occultandam eloquentiam s., Cic.: v. pretence. 2. affectātĭo: frigid and peurile a., frigida et puerilis af., Quint.: palpable a., manifesta af., Quint.: he rendered his style obscure by a. and pedantry, affectatione et morositate nimia obscurabat stilum, Suet. 3. mŏlestĭa (rare, and only where the context explains it): careful elegance without a. (tiresome pedantry), diligens elegantia sine molestia, Cic. 4. mōrōsĭtas: Suet. l. c. (2).