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.

Words nearby vogue

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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OTHER WORDS FROM vogue

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.
David Fincher’s Backseat Feminism|Teo Bugbee|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Condé Nast is known for its legacy publications, such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, and more.
Porn Keeps Up with the Kardashians: Belle Knox on the Mainstreaming of Adult Stars|Aurora Snow|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Vogue editor Anna Wintour was spotted in a water taxi with the bridal party on Friday night as they disembarked at the Aman Hotel.
In Run-Up to Wedding of George & Amal, Celebs and Paparazzi Stir Up the Canals of Venice|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But behold, DiCaprio, whose volcanic growth of furze is surely proof that the vogue for beards needs to be trimmed back.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the New England region torch-fishing at night was in vogue.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4|Various
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.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects|C. V. Riley
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 of vogue

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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vogue

noun

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Words nearby vogue

Origin of vogue

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OTHER WORDS FROM vogue

Examples from the Web for vogue

British Dictionary definitions for vogue

noun

adjective

Derived forms of vogue

Word Origin for vogue