I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: from past participle of put on
1. : assumed , pretended
in a put-on childish voice — Barnaby Conrad
2. Scotland : clothed
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: put on
: a false or pretentious manner, appearance, or mode of behavior : affectation
all the put-on had gone out of their faces — they were left with what God gave them at the beginning — Shelby Foote
III. noun
: an instance of putting someone on
the question might be serious or just a put-on
also : parody : spoof
a kind of put-on of every pretentious film ever made — C.A.Ridley