alamode

American  

[al-uh-mohd] / ˈæl əˌmoʊd /

noun

1. a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.

2. à la mode.

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alamode British  

/ ˈæləˌməʊd /

noun

1. a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century See also surah

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Etymology

Origin of alamode

C17: from _{à la mode}

Example Sentences

Their works are all Parian marble, alabaster, porphyry, and royal cement; they treat of nothing but heroic deeds, mighty things, grave and difficult matters, and this in a crimson, alamode, rhetorical style.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

You say right, Lady: phisiognomy and chiromancy are but trifles; nay, your geomancie meere coniecturall, the execution of your schemes circumstantiall and fallible, but your quaint alamode weare of your fancie more then astrologicall.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

We had also alamode beef, cold fowl, a loin of veal, a dessert, and excellent wine.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

His taste in cookery, formed in subterranean ordinaries and alamode beefshops, was far from delicate.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

But she was a kindly soul, who had not forgotten the gift of my Lady Squander's pink alamode.

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary