fashionable
Americanadjective
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conforming to fashion; in vogue
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of, characteristic of, or patronized by people of fashion
a fashionable café
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(usually foll by with) patronized (by); popular (with)
Other Word Forms
- antifashionable adjective
- fashionability noun
- fashionableness noun
- fashionably adverb
- nonfashionable adjective
- nonfashionableness noun
- nonfashionably adverb
- quasi-fashionable adjective
- quasi-fashionably adverb
- ultrafashionable adjective
- ultrafashionably adverb
- unfashionable adjective
- unfashionably adverb
Etymology
Origin of fashionable
Example Sentences
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Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” published in 1755, applied the term fashionable to people above the “vulgar” and below “nobility,” a very subjective space.
The guy that made 'false nine' fashionable operates in a different realm to a traditional frontman.
From BBC
Plus, as sleepwear styles become more fashionable, it’s hard to think of them as strictly for the slovenly set.
From MarketWatch
Plus, as sleepwear styles become more fashionable, it’s hard to think of them as strictly for the slovenly set.
From MarketWatch
Worldly residents and new wealth meant expanding factories, fashionable shops, and successful banks.
From Literature
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