chic

[sheek]

adjective, chic·er, chic·est.

attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.

noun

style and elegance, especially in dress: Paris clothes have such chic.

stylishness; modishness: the chic of the firstnighters.

casual and understated style, as in dress or décor, that expresses a specified trendy lifestyle or activity: Black-rimmed glasses bring some geek chic to your outfit.

Origin of chic

1855–60; < French < German Schick skill

Related formschic·ly, adverbchic·ness, nounsu·per·chic, adjectiveul·tra·chic, adjective

Can be confusedchic chick

Synonyms for chic

1. smart, elegant, modish.

Pronunciation note

The spelling pronunciation

[chik] /tʃɪk/ is considered nonstandard except when used facetiously.

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Examples from the Web for ultra-chic

Contemporary Examples of ultra-chic

But, hey, a romantic comedy starring an ultra-chic web editor should be here any day now.
Death of a Hollywood Cliché
Willa Paskin
February 13, 2009

Historical Examples of ultra-chic

Before March brings the Auteuil races, Paris is, in the eyes of the ultra-chic, a wilderness.
In Vanity Fair
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd

British Dictionary definitions for ultra-chic

chic

adjective

(esp of fashionable clothes, women, etc) stylish or elegant

noun

stylishness, esp in dress; modishness; fashionable good taste

any of various fashion movements based on a particular lifestyleradical chic; geek chic

Derived Formschicly, adverb

Word Origin for chic

C19: from French, of uncertain origin

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Word Origin and History for ultra-chic

chic

1856, as a noun, "style, artistic skill," from French chic, 19c. in "stylishness" sense, originally "subtlety" (16c.), of unknown origin, perhaps [Klein] related to German Schick "tact, skill," from Middle Low German schikken "arrange appropriately," or Middle High German schicken "to arrange, set in order;" or from French chicane, from chicanerie (see chicanery). The adjectival meaning "stylish" is from 1879 in English, "Not so used in F[rench]." [OED].