Fashionable

Fashionable
Fashionable Fash"ion*a*ble, a. 1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress. [1913 Webster]

2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions. [1913 Webster]

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man. [1913 Webster]

4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. [1913 Webster]

Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. --Shak. [1913 Webster]


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  • fashionable — ⇒FASHIONABLE, adj. Vieux A. [En parlant d une chose] Qui est élégant, conforme au bon ton de la fashion. Un vélin azuré qui par toute la chambre Jette une fashionable et suave odeur d ambre (GAUTIER, Albertus, 1833, p. 155). Bâtie avec le mauvais …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fashionable — fash‧ion‧a‧ble [ˈfæʆnəbl] adjective popular at a particular time: • fashionable management theories • It has became fashionable for politicians to talk about green issues. * * * fashionable UK US /ˈfæʃənəbl/ adjective ► popular at a particular… …   Financial and business terms

  • Fashionable — Fashionable, bei den Engländern so viel als modisch, und gleichbedeutend mit comme il faut. Als Beiwort gebraucht, bezeichnet man damit das, was elegant und nach dem neuesten Geschmacke ist; als Hauptwort geht es mit dem Dandy (s. d.) Hand in… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Fashionable — Fash ion*a*ble, n. A person who conforms to the fashions; used chiefly in the plural. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fashionable — index customary, elegant, popular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fashionable — fashionable:⇨elegant(1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • Fashionable — Fashionable,der:⇨Geck(1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • fashionable — stylish, c.1600, capable of being fashioned, also conformable to prevailing tastes, from FASHION (Cf. fashion) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Fashionably …   Etymology dictionary

  • fashionable — |fêchêunâble| adj. 2 g. 1. Da moda. 2. Janota.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • fashionable — /ˈfɛʃʃonabl, ingl. ˈfæʃ(J)nJbl/ agg. inv. alla moda, di moda, trendy (ingl.) …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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