Brewer's: Marivaudage

(4 syl.). An imitation of the style of Marivaux (1688-1763). He wrote several comedies and novels. “Il tombe souvent dans une métaphysique alambiqué [far-fetched, over-strained] pour laquelle on a cree le nom de marivaudage.”

“Ce qui constitue le marivaudage, c'est une recherche affectée dans le style, une grande substilité dans les sentiments, et. une grande complication d'intrigues.” —Bouillet: Dict. Universel, etc.

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