EGAVE

airs

About 1.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun plural of air
  2. noun Affected manners intended to impress others.
    She put on airs, pretending to be more sophisticated than she was.
  3. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of air

Similar words

pose pomposity snobbery snootiness pretense broadcast sir transmitted sari affectations

Often followed by

of and in from that which on are to

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