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MODISH
latest, a la mode, in style, in vogue, modish
(adjective) in the current fashion or style
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
modish (comparative more modish, superlative most modish)
Conforming with fashion or style.
In the current mode.
Anagrams
• domish
Source: Wiktionary
Mod"ish, a.
Definition: According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address." Barrow.
– Mod"ish*ly, adv.
– Mod"ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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