chichi
[shee-shee]
- showily or affectedly elegant or trendy; pretentious.
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- a chichi person or thing.
- the quality of being chichi.
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Origin of chichi
Borrowed into English from French around 1905–10
Synonyms
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Examples from the Web for chichi
Contemporary Examples
There are a lot of chichi restaurants claiming to be “farm-to-table” these days.
Their flash and trash made sense in LA—hulking hairdos, blinding bling, chichi couture, froufrou wheels, rococoocoo estates, etc.
Historical Examples
While she was fighting with the Chichi brothers, Tsanunewa ran on, ran to the west.
Creation Myths of Primitive AmericaJeremiah Curtin
Chichi irritated him because of the independence of her tastes.
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVicente Blasco Ibanez
In times of peace, Chichi had rather admired this personage.
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVicente Blasco Ibanez
Chichi turned her great eyes in astonishment from one side to the other.
The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseVicente Blasco Ibanez
The first person that he encountered on his arrival was Chichi.
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chichi1
- affectedly pretty or stylish
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- the quality of being affectedly pretty or stylish
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Word Origin
C20: from French
chichi2
- a person of mixed British and Indian descent; Anglo-Indian
- (as modifier)a chichi accent
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Word Origin
C18: perhaps from Hindi chhī-chhī, literally: dirt, or perhaps imitative of their supposed singsong speech
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