chic

[ sheek ]
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adjective,chic·er, chic·est.
  1. attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.

noun
  1. style and elegance, especially in dress: Paris clothes have such chic.

  2. stylishness; modishness: the chic of the firstnighters.

  1. casual and understated style, as in dress or décor, that expresses a specified trendy lifestyle or activity: Black-rimmed glasses bring some geek chic to your outfit.

Origin of chic

1
1855–60; <French <German Schick skill

pronunciation note For chic

The spelling pronunciation [chik] /tʃɪk/ is considered nonstandard except when used facetiously.

Other words for chic

Other words from chic

  • chicly, adverb
  • chicness, noun
  • su·per·chic, adjective
  • ul·tra·chic, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for chic

chic

/ (ʃiːk, ʃɪk) /


adjective
  1. (esp of fashionable clothes, women, etc) stylish or elegant

noun
  1. stylishness, esp in dress; modishness; fashionable good taste

  2. any of various fashion movements based on a particular lifestyle: radical chic; geek chic

Origin of chic

1
C19: from French, of uncertain origin

Derived forms of chic

  • chicly, adverb

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