formulation, expression - the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"

non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted easily-recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community

eye dialect - the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker

patois - a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

spang, bang - leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees"

forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards - at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)

baroque, baroqueness - elaborate an extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

classical style - the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony

order - (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

rococo - fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century

fashion, manner, mode, way, style - how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"

High Renaissance - the artistic style of early 16th century painting in Florence and Rome; characterized by technical mastery and heroic composition and humanistic content

treatment - a manner of dealing with something artistically; "his treatment of space borrows from Italian architecture"

neoclassicism - revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation

classicism - a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"

romanticism - a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

locution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

ruralism, rusticism - a rural idiom or expression

in the lurch - in a difficult or vulnerable position; "he resigned and left me in the lurch"

like clockwork - with regularity and precision; "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"