fashionable
Etymology

From .

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/
Adjective

fashionable

  1. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
    Synonyms: styleworthy, Thesaurus:fashionable
    Antonyms: Thesaurus:unfashionable
    a fashionable dress
    a fashionable man
  2. Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
    the fashionable philosophy
    fashionable opinions
  3. (archaic) genteel; well-bred
    fashionable society
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene iii] ↗, column 1:
      For time is like a faſhionable Hoſte / That ſlightly ſhakes his parting Gueſt by th'hand;
Translations Noun

fashionable (plural fashionables)

  1. A fashionable person; a fop.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:dandy
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC ↗:
      Just as I was stepping up to offer my hand to a very pleasing and witty fashionable, the brilliant and exclusive Mrs. Rawdon Crawley,"—he wrote […]



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