attitudinarian

[ at-i-tood-n-air-ee-uh n, -tyood- ]
/ ˌæt ɪˌtud nˈɛər i ən, -ˌtyud- /

noun

a person who assumes attitudes or poses for effect.

QUIZZES

HEED THE VOX POPULI, AND TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!
Question 1 of 7
anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of attitudinarian

1745–55; attitudin- (see attitude; by analogy with nouns ending in the Latin suffix -tūdō, stem -tūdin- -tude) + -arian

OTHER WORDS FROM attitudinarian

at·ti·tu·di·nar·i·an·ism, noun

Words nearby attitudinarian

attingent, attire, attirement, attis, attitude, attitudinarian, attitudinize, attius, attleboro, attlee, attn
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020