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noun
1.
something in fashion, as at a particular time: Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
2.
popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity: The book is having a great vogue.
Origin:
1565–75; < Middle French: wave or course of success < Old Italian voga a rowing, derivative of vogare to row, sail < ?
1565–75; < Middle French: wave or course of success < Old Italian voga a rowing, derivative of vogare to row, sail < ?
Related forms
pre·vogue, noun
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Example Sentences
- Climate change conferences on islands are in vogue this week.
- The vogue for retro could also simply reflect the spirit of the times.
- Candied nuts came into vogue along with candied fruit.
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Word Origin & History
vogue
1571, the vogue, "leading place in popularity, greatest success or acceptance," from M.Fr. vogue "fashion, success, drift, swaying motion (of a boat)" lit. "a rowing," from O.Fr. voguer "to row, sway, set sail," probably from O.Low Ger. *wogon, variant of wagon "float, fluctuate," lit. "to balance oneself"
EXPAND(see weigh). Apparently the notion is of being "borne along on the waves of fashion." It. vogare also probably is borrowed from Gmc. Phrase in vogue "having a prominent place in popular fashion" first recorded 1643. The fashion magazine began publication in 1892.
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