vogue
[ vohg ]
/ voʊg /
noun
something in fashion, as at a particular time: Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity: The book is having a great vogue.
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1565–75; < Middle French: wave or course of success < Old Italian voga a rowing, derivative of vogare to row, sail < ?
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vogue
/ (vəʊɡ) /
noun
the popular style at a specified time (esp in the phrase in vogue)
a period of general or popular usage or favourthe vogue for such dances is now over
adjective
(usually prenominal) popular or fashionablea vogue word
Derived forms of vogue
voguish, adjectiveWord Origin for vogue
C16: from French: a rowing, fashion, from Old Italian voga, from vogare to row, of unknown origin
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