modish

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmoʊdɪʃ/ UK /ˈməʊdɪʃ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
fashionable; conforming to current style

She arrived in a modish coat that turned heads at the gallery.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · fashionable; conforming to... fashionable stylish chictrendysmartvoguishdapper

Opposites

unfashionable dowdy outdated

Word family

Derived forms modishlymodishness

Related forms modemodmodern

Etymology

From mode + -ish, mode from French mode, from Latin modus ('measure, manner, fashion').

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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