CHIC

chic, smart, voguish

(adjective) elegant and stylish; “chic elegance”; “a smart new dress”; “a suit of voguish cut”

chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word

(noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

chic (comparative chicer or more chic, superlative chicest or most chic)

Elegant, stylish.

Synonyms

• chichi

• dapper

• fashionable

• natty

• trendy

• voguish

Antonyms

• inelegant, unelegant

• unchic

• unfashionable

• unstylish

Noun

chic (countable and uncountable, plural chics)

(chiefly, uncountable) Good form; style.

(countable) A person with (a particular type of) chic.

Usage notes

The noun chic is very often used with an attributive noun or adjective modifier, indicating the kind of style, such as “boho-chic”, “heroin chic”, “shabby chic”, and so on.

Etymology 2

Noun

chic (plural chics)

A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.

Etymology

Proper noun

Chic

A diminutive of the male given name Charles.

Source: Wiktionary

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Chic, n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: Good form; style. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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