Măn'ner-ism, n.

n. [Fr. manierisme.] Adherence to the same manner; a tasteless uniformity; adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess. “Not to permit beauties, by repetition, to become mannerisms.” Coleridge.

His style, in spite of its mannerism, nay, partly by reason of its mannerism, is well suited for light, garrulous, desultory Ana. Macaulay.