| AFFECTATION | • affectation n. An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. • affectation n. An unusual mannerism. • AFFECTATION n. the act of taking on an attitude not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt. |
| AFFECTIONAL | • affectional adj. Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion. • AFFECTIONAL adj. relating to affection. |
| AFFICIONADO | • afficionado n. Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”). • AFFICIONADO n. (Spanish) a devotee, admirer, an enthusiastic fan, also AFICIONADO. |
| AFFILIATION | • affiliation n. The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. • affiliation n. (Law) The establishment of a child’s paternity or maternity. • affiliation n. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union. |
| AFFIRMATION | • affirmation n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. • affirmation n. (Law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. • affirmation n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. |
| AFFIRMATORY | • affirmatory adj. Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. • AFFIRMATORY adj. expressing affirmation. |
| AFFIXATIONS | • affixations n. Plural of affixation. • AFFIXATION n. the act of affixing. |
| AFFRICATION | • affrication n. (Phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound. • affrication n. (Countable) A particular instance of such change. • AFFRICATION n. the act of making a sound affricative. |
| FANFARONADE | • fanfaronade n. Empty, self-assertive boasting. • fanfaronade v. To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting. • FANFARONADE n. (French) empty boasting, bluster. |
| PARAFFINOID | • paraffinoid adj. (Obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic. • PARAFFINOID adj. of or like paraffin, also PARAFFINIC. |
| SCAFFOLAGES | • SCAFFOLAGE n. (Shakespeare) scaffoldage, also SCAFFOLDAGE. |
| SCAFFOLDAGE | • scaffoldage n. The amount of scaffolding needed, or supplied for a specific installation. • SCAFFOLDAGE n. the gallery of a theatre, also SCAFFOLAGE. |
| TRAFFICATOR | • trafficator n. (Automotive) A blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which it is about to turn. • trafficator n. (Historical) A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles. • TRAFFICATOR n. formerly, a movable pointer raised or lowered by the driver of a vehicle to warn of a change of direction. |