Mannerism

[Sarah]

Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic modeof action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially inliterature or art.Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when themanner, though vicious, is natural . . . . But a mannerism which doesnot sit easy on the mannerist, which has been adopted on principle,and which can be sustained only by constant effort, is alwaysoffensive. Macaulay.

[Sarah]

Referring to ones characteristic actions (often unconscious mode).

[Magaret]

A habitual gesture or way of speaking or behaving.

[Agnes]

something that a person does repeatedly with their face, hands, or voice, and that they may not realize they are doing: