modish
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of modish
Explanation
Something modish is fashionable and stylish. It's a-la-mode, or right on top of the latest look. In the 1970s, it was considered modish to wear bell bottoms. The word modish is a combination of the French mode meaning "fashion" and the suffix -ish meaning "very common." When something is modish, it's all the rage. A swanky restaurant where it's hard to get a table or a boutique selling the newest designer labels are considered modish, or in vogue. Open up the pages of Vogue and you'll be accosted with the latest modish looks.
Vocabulary lists containing modish
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Example Sentences
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Modish, persona-heavy metafiction or fealty to a more austere and straight-backed standard: this was not a difference that could be split.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019
"These Paper Bullets!: A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'" lives up to its frisky subtitle and then some.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2015
Modish approaches to cooking have no more permanency than the pop-star chefs who practice them, so many of whom pose cynically in chef drag long after they have hit the festival circuit full-time.
From Time • Jan. 30, 2013
Modish, elfin-faced Eve Curie sued E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for $50,000 damages.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Modish Couple is its name; myself Stood gossip to it, and I will support This play against the town.
From The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 by Saintsbury, George
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