Obs. [ad. L. affectāt-us assumed, affected, feigned, pa. pple. of affectā-re to aim at: see AFFECT v.1] a. Of a thing: Assumed unnaturally, forced, strained, stilted. b. Of a person: Assuming artificial airs; = AFFECTED I. 4, 6.
1559. Elyot, Dict., Accercitum dictum, an oracion to much affectate or as we saie to farre fet.
1578. N. T. (Genev.), 1 Cor. Argt. Puffed vp with vaine glory, and affectate eloquence.
1606. Holland, Suetonius, 18. Affectate forced phrases and curious ynkehorne termes.
1635. J. Hayward, Banish’d Virg., 170. I like not the being an affectate follower of the common stile.
