fashionable
adjective
- stylish
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English fashion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fashionable From fashion + -able.
- Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
“a fashionable dress”
“a fashionable man”
- Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
“the fashionable philosophy”
“fashionable opinions”
- genteel; well-bred
“fashionable society”
“For time is like a faſhionable Hoſte / That ſlightly ſhakes his parting Gueſt by th'hand;”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English fashion Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fashionable From fashion + -able.
- A fashionable person; a fop.
“Just as I was stepping up to offer my hand to a very pleasing and witty fashionable, the brilliant and exclusive Mrs. Rawdon Crawley,"—he wrote […]”
“We speculated upon the astonishment that would have seized upon their simple, innocent hearts, had they beheld, instead of us, a bevy of our city fashionables in full bloom.”