posh
adjective
sumptuously furnished or appointed; luxurious.
poshness
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a word derived from
posh.
Example Sentences
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The Grand Ferdinand in Vienna promotes poshness with its heated rooftop pool.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
But there was Mr. Rees-Mogg, nicknamed “the honorable gentleman from the 18th century” for his old-world tics and antiquarian poshness, looking like a Degas model, with his willowy frame and long, angular face.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2019
Six million people had watched the “Absolutely Fabulous” star diffuse English poshness into the Arctic mists as she travelled northward through Norway.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
He is designing private houses of stupendous but well-tempered poshness in Kensington and Oxfordshire.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2011
Today, its red-brick row houses and elegant shops and restaurants rival the historic Back Bay for poshness.
From Time Magazine Archive
