- Foppish by Webster's
... a.) Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
- Gentlemanliness by Webster's
... n.) The state of being gentlemanly; gentlemanly conduct or manners.
- Reformation by Webster's
... in the formation of the various Protestant churches.(n.) The act of reforming or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.
- Timeserver by Webster's
... n.) One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
- Etherege, Sir George by Levi Wallace
... of the Restoration comedy of manners. His first comedy, Love in a Tub (1664), was an immediate success and was novel in its lively exploitation of contemporary manners. He also wrote She Wou'd if She Cou'd (1668) and the popular The Man of Mode (1676). Though his own plays ceased to be performed after the 18th century, his style of comedy was adopted by later ...