chichi
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adjective
1.
showily or affectedly elegant or trendy; pretentious.
noun
2.
a chichi person or thing.
3.
the quality of being chichi.
Origin:
1905–10; < French
1905–10; < French
Synonyms
1. flashy, ostentatious, flamboyant.
1. flashy, ostentatious, flamboyant.
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chichi1 (ˈʃiːˌʃiː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | affectedly pretty or stylish |
| —n | |
| 2. | the quality of being affectedly pretty or stylish |
| [C20: from French] | |
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Chichi
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| chichi2 (ˈtʃiːˌtʃiː) | |
| —n , pl chichis | |
| Also (less common): chee-chee | |
| a. a person of mixed British and Indian descent; Anglo-Indian | |
| b. (as modifier): a chichi accent | |
| [C18: perhaps from Hindi chhī-chhī, literally: dirt, or perhaps imitative of their supposed singsong speech] | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | chichi1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | pretentious, fussy |
| Etymology: | French |
| Main Entry: | chichi2 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | chic, trendy |
| Etymology: | French |
| Main Entry: | chichi |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | pretentiousness, fussiness |
| Etymology: | French |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chichi
"extremely chic, sophisticated," also "pretentious fussiness," 1908, from Fr.
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Example sentences
By day, the chichi cluster of shops hosts expatriate wives.
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