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Fashionability

[fash-uh-nuh-buhl] Origin

fash·ion·a·ble

[fash-uh-nuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
2.
of, characteristic of, used, or patronized by the world of fashion: a fashionable shop.
3.
current; popular: a fashionable topic of conversation.
noun
4.
a fashionable person.

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Origin:
1600–10; fashion + -able

fash·ion·a·ble·ness, fash·ion·a·bil·i·ty, noun
fash·ion·a·bly, adverb
an·ti·fash·ion·a·ble, adjective
non·fash·ion·a·ble, adjective
non·fash·ion·a·ble·ness, noun
EXPAND
non·fash·ion·a·b·ly, adverb
qua·si-fash·ion·a·ble, adjective
qua·si-fash·ion·a·b·ly, adverb
ul·tra·fash·ion·a·ble, adjective
ul·tra·fash·ion·a·b·ly, adverb
un·fash·ion·a·ble, adjective
un·fash·ion·a·b·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE


1. chic, smart, modish, voguish, elegant.


out-of-date; passé.

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fashionable (ˈfæʃənəbəl)
 
adj
1.  conforming to fashion; in vogue
2.  of, characteristic of, or patronized by people of fashion: a fashionable café
3.  (usually foll by with) patronized (by); popular (with)
 
fashiona'bility
 
n
 
'fashionableness
 
n
 
'fashionably
 
adv

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fashionable
"stylish," c.1600, from fashion + -able.
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