FASHIONABLE

fashionable, stylish

(adjective) being or in accordance with current social fashions; “fashionable clothing”; “the fashionable side of town”; “a fashionable cafe”

stylish, fashionable

(adjective) having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; “a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey”; “the stylish resort of Gstadd”

fashionable, in fashion

(adjective) popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

fashionable (comparative more fashionable, superlative most fashionable)

Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.

Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.

(archaic) genteel; well-bred

Synonyms

• styleworthy

Noun

fashionable (plural fashionables)

A fashionable person; a fop

Source: Wiktionary


Fash"ion*a*ble, a.

1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.

4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

Fash"ion*a*ble, n.

Definition: A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SQUARE

(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”


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