prettyism

noun

prettyism

noun

Etymology From pretty + -ism.

1

Archaic The affectation of a pretty style or manner.

It is a fault , however , that the style is occasionally a little affected , and that a certain varnish of prettyism and pedantry is sometimes spread over conceptions of the most beautiful simplicity1806, “Memoires de Marmontel”, in The Edinburgh Review:

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