affected (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Assumed, hypocritical1. sĭmŭlātus, fictus2. ascītus (v. rare)3. quaesītusII. Unnatural and offensive in style, manner, etc.1. pūtĭdus2. mŏlestus (cf. AFFECTATION, 3) • affected (adj.): I. Assumed, hypocritical: 1. sĭmŭlātus, fictus: v. feigned, false. 2. ascītus (v. rare): a certain natural, not a. wittiness, nativus quidam lepor non a., Nepos. 3. quaesītus: a. affability, q. comitas, Tac. II. Unnatural and offensive in style, manner, etc.: 1. pūtĭdus: even Demosthenes is censured as a., etiam Demosthenes exagitatur ut p., Cic.: I am afraid it will seem a., vereor ne putidum sit, Cic. 2. mŏlestus (cf. affectation, 3): a. words, m. verba, Ov.: a more a. expression of countenance, vultus molestior, Quint.
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).