buckram als zelfstandig naamwoord: - 1
als werkwoord: - 1
als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
buckram
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 buckram
A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing.
Roget 855:
affectation;
affectedness
etc.
adj.;
acting a part
etc.
v.;
pretense
etc.
(falsehood)
544,
(ostentation)
882;
boasting
etc.
884.
charlatanism,
quackery,
shallow profundity;
pretension,
airs,
pedantry,
purism,
precisianism,
euphuism;
teratology
etc.
(altiloquence)
577.
mannerism,
simagree,
grimace.
conceit,
foppery,
dandyism,
man millinery,
coxcombry,
puppyism.
stiffness,
formality,
buckram;
prudery,
demureness,
coquetry,
mock modesty,
minauderie,
sentimentalism;
mauvais honte,
false shame.
affector,
performer,
actor;
pedant,
pedagogue,
doctrinaire,
purist,
euphuist,
mannerist;
grimacier;
lump of affectation,
precieuse ridicule [Fr.],
bas bleu [Fr.],
blue stocking,
poetaster;
prig;
charlatan
etc.
(deceiver)
548;
petit maitre
etc.
(fop)
854;
flatterer
etc.
935;
coquette,
prude,
puritan.
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Nederlands: buckram
Pools: bukram
werkwoord
1 buckram
Stiffen with or as with buckram.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 buckram
Rigidly formal:
— His prose has a buckram quality.
synoniemen: starchy, stiff.
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