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Webster 1913 Edition

Fashionable

Fash′ion-a-ble

,
Adj.
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.
Shakespeare

Fash′ion-a-ble

,
Noun.
A person who conforms to the fashions; – used chiefly in the plural.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fashionable

FASH'IONABLE

, a.
1.
Made according to the prevailing form or mode; as a fashionable dress.
2.
Established 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. Hence,
4.
Genteel; well bred; as fashionable company or society.

Definition 2024

fashionable

fashionable

English

Adjective

fashionable ‎(comparative more fashionable, superlative most fashionable)

  1. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
    a fashionable dress; a fashionable man
  2. Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
    the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions
  3. (archaic) genteel; well-bred
    fashionable society
    • Shakespeare
      Time is like a fashionable host / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

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Noun

fashionable ‎(plural fashionables)

  1. A fashionable person; a fop
    • 1860, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI.:
      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.
    • 1891, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), “At the Shrine of St. Wagner”, in What Is Man? and Other Essays:
      In large measure the Metropolitan is a show-case for rich fashionables who are not trained in Wagnerian music and have no reverence for it, but who like to promote art and show their clothes.
    • 1991 September 20, George Grass, “Star Show”, in Chicago Reader:
      A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor.

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