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style

  [stahyl] ,noun, verb styled, styl⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
2. a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting: They do these things in a grand style.
3. a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.
4. an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style.
5. a mode of fashion, as in dress, esp. good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.
6. the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking by selecting and arranging words, considered with respect to clearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that is characteristic of a group, period, person, personality, etc.: to write in the style of Faulkner; a familiar style; a pompous, pedantic style.
7. those components or features of a literary composition that have to do with the form of expression rather than the content of the thought expressed: His writing is all style and no substance.
8. manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation: a patronizing style of addressing others.
9. a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or form of construction or execution in any art or work: Her painting is beginning to show a personal style.
10. a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, esp. a legal, official, or recognized title: a firm trading under the style of Smith, Jones, & Co.
11. stylus (defs. 1, 2).
12. the gnomon of a sundial.
13. a method of reckoning time. Compare New Style, old style (def. 2).
14. Zoology. a small, pointed process or part.
15. Botany. a narrow, usually cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the pistil, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex.
16. the rules or customs of typography, punctuation, spelling, and related matters used by a newspaper, magazine, publishing house, etc., or in a specific publication.
–verb (used with object)
17. to call by a given title or appellation; denominate; name; call: The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
18. to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style: to style an evening dress; to style one's hair.
19. to bring into conformity with a specific style or give a specific style to: Please style this manuscript.
–verb (used without object)
20. to do decorative work with a style or stylus.
—Idioms
21. go out of style, to become unfashionable: The jacket he's wearing went out of style ten years ago.
22. in style, fashionable.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (n.) < L stylus, sp. var. of stilus tool for writing, hence, written composition, style; see stylus

Related forms:
styleless, adjective
style⋅less⋅ness, noun
stylelike, adjective

Synonyms:
2. method, approach. 5. chic. See fashion. 9. touch, characteristic, mark. 22. designate, address.
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style   (stīl)   
n.  

  1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.

  2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.

  3. Sort; type: a style of furniture.

  4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.

    1. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.

    2. A mode of living: the style of the very rich.

    3. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.

    4. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.

    5. An implement used for etching or engraving.

    6. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

    1. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.

    2. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.

    3. An implement used for etching or engraving.

    4. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

  7. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.

  8. A form of address; a title.

    1. An implement used for etching or engraving.

    2. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

  10. The needle of a phonograph.

  11. The gnomon of a sundial.

  12. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.

  13. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.

  14. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.

  15. Obsolete A pen.

tr.v.   styled, styl·ing, styles

  1. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.

  2. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.

  3. To give style to: style hair.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style; see stylus.]
styl'er n., styl'ing n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
style

  1. in.
    to show off; to strut around. (Black. See also strut (one's) stuff.) : Why don't you style over here and meet my man?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

style  (n.)
c.1300, stile, "designation, title, manner or mode of expression," from O.Fr. estile "a stake, pale," from L. stilus "stake, instrument for writing, manner of writing, mode of expression," from PIE *sti-lo-, from base *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). Spelling modified by influence of Gk. stylos "pillar." Meaning "mode or fashion of life" is from 1770; that of "mode of dress" is from 1814. Stylish is first recorded 1797 in "Sense and Sensibility" (the adj. good is understood); and stylize is 1898, from Ger. stilisieren.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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