prettyism

English

Etymology

pretty +‎ -ism

Noun

prettyism (countable and uncountable, plural prettyisms)

1. (archaic) The affectation of a pretty style or manner.
   • 1806, “Memoires de Marmontel”, in The Edinburgh Review:

     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 simplicity

References

“prettyism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.