Hypertext Webster Gateway: "modishness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Modish \Mod"ish\, a.
According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the
fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish
dress; a modish feast. --Dryden. ``Modish forms of address.''
--Barrow. -- {Mod"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Mod"ish*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
modishness
n : elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: {chic}, {chicness},
{smartness}, {stylishness}, {swank}, {last word}]
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