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stylish

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪlɪʃ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English style Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English stylish From style + -ish.

  1. Having style.
  2. Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.

    ““[…] Did you ever see her? a smart, stylish girl they say, but not handsome. […]””

    “[…] and that her darling boy, with his beautiful face and stylish air “beyond anybody else’s son in Middlemarch,” would be sure to get like that family in plainness of appearance and carelessness about his clothes.”

  3. Having a particular directing style or cinematography.