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MODISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does modish mean?
• MODISH (adjective)
The adjective MODISH has 1 sense:
1. in the current fashion or style
Familiarity information: MODISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the current fashion or style
Synonyms:
a la mode; in style; in vogue; latest; modish
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Derivation:
modishness (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
Context examples
As we crossed Blackwell's Island a limousine passed us, driven by a white chauffeur, in which sat three modish Negroes, two bucks and a girl.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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