vogue

[ vohg ]

/ voʊg /

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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.

Nearby words

vogelstein, vogelweide, vogie, vogt-spielmeyer disease, vogts, vogue, vogue word, vogueing, voguing, voguish, vogul

Origin of vogue

1565–75; < Middle French: wave or course of success < Old Italian voga a rowing, derivative of vogare to row, sail < ?

SYNONYMS FOR vogue

1 mode. See fashion.

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Related forms

pre·vogue, noun

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Examples from the Web for vogue

Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the Madonna videos—particularly “Express Yourself” and “Vogue”—are uniquely spectacular.
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Condé Nast is known for its legacy publications, such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, and more.
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Vogue editor Anna Wintour was spotted in a water taxi with the bridal party on Friday night as they disembarked at the Aman Hotel.
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But behold, DiCaprio, whose volcanic growth of furze is surely proof that the vogue for beards needs to be trimmed back.
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In the New England region torch-fishing at night was in vogue.
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It does not seem likely that luminous bacteria will ever come into vogue for illuminating purposes.
The Nature of Animal Light|E. Newton Harvey
This method is still in vogue with English entomologists, but can not be recommended except for mounting duplicates.
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It was then that the custom of electioneering by means of processions and bands of music came into vogue.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
(It is called the pushpa-talpa and is still in vogue even in the present form of marriage).
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki

British Dictionary definitions for vogue

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

voguish, adjective

Word Origin for vogue

C16: from French: a rowing, fashion, from Old Italian voga, from vogare to row, of unknown origin

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