affectatio

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[Sidenote: Cacozelia.] _Mala affectatio_, euyll affectaciõ or leude folowyng, when the wytte lacketh iudgement, and fondlye folowyng a good maner of speaking, runne into a faute, as when affectyng copy, we fall into a vaine bablynge, or laboryng to be brief, wax bare & drye.

A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry