posh
1 Americanadjective
interjection
adjective
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smart, elegant, or fashionable; exclusive
posh clothes
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upper-class or genteel
adverb
Usage
What else does posh mean? The adjective posh means that something or someone is rich, fancy, or otherwise smells of money.
Other Word Forms
- poshness noun
Etymology
Origin of posh1
1915–20; of obscure origin; compare posh a dandy (recorded as British slang in 1890); the popular notion that the word is an acronym from port out(ward) , starboard home, said to be the preferred accommodation on ships traveling between England and India, is without foundation
Origin of posh1
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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"It is posher now, it was not that posh then," she has said.
From BBC
Safdie even concocts a subplot in which he invents his signature orange ball solely so he can wear all-white like the posh jocks of Wimbledon.
From Los Angeles Times
Like clockwork, the Mercedes arrived and parked at the foot of a runway in the small, posh airport that serves this air-conditioned resort city.
From Los Angeles Times
I included a couple bottles for Christmas Day that are a bit more posh than we’d usually order, and a couple from Jérôme Jouret, which I always get because they’re just beautiful.
And in one posh neighborhood illuminated by massive LED screens, imported Christmas trees from Canada are going for the equivalent of $300, more than what most people earn monthly.
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