Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fashionable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Established or favored by custom or use; current;
prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable
philosophy; fashionable opinions.
3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or
behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a
fashionable man.
4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes
his parting guest by the hand. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fashionable \Fash"ion*a*ble\, n.
A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fashionable
adj 1: being or in accordance with current fashion; "fashionable
clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a
fashionable cafe" [syn: {stylish}] [ant: {unfashionable}]
2: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress;
"a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter
Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" [syn: {stylish}]
[ant: {styleless}]
3: patronized by [syn: {popular with(p)}]
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