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fashion(1) (iou)



fashion noun. ME.

Make, build, shape; appearance; characteristic form. In early use also, face, features. arch. ME.
A particular make, shape, style, or pattern; spec. a particular style of clothing. ME.
gen. (A) manner, (a) mode, (a) method, (a) way. LME.
after a fashion not satisfactorily, but somehow or other. after the fashion of in the manner of, like. in a fashion = after a fashion above.
H. James He had never yet heard a young girl express herself in just this fashion. D. H. Lawrence He tried to talk to Alvina in a fatherly fashion. J. B. Priestley Nottingham seems gayer, in its own robust Midland fashion, than other provincial towns. N. Shute They bathed in leisurely fashion.
Mode of action, demeanour; in pl., behaviour, manners, gestures. Now rare. LME.
The action or process of making; workmanship as contributing to value. LME-L18.
Prevailing custom, a current or conventional usage, esp. of a particular period or place or among a particular class of society; spec. (a) current style in clothing, hairstyle. L15.
B. Pym Dresses of the thirties and earlier, now coming back into fashion. W. Bronk Fashions in ornamental planting change. P. F. Boller At that time fashion dictated that women's skirts should be short. A. Lurie Fashions by and large imitated the clothes that little girls had worn.
b. The mode of dress, etiquette, furniture, speech, etc., prevalent at a particular time; the person who or thing which it is fashionable to admire or discuss. M16.
B. Trapido I wore it, as was then the fashion, well over half way up my thighs.
c. In pl. Manners and customs. Chiefly in know (the) fashions, learn (the) fashions, see (the) fashions. M16-E18.
d. Fashionable people; the fashionable world. E19.
Social status; spec. high social status, esp. as shown by dress and behaviour. Chiefly in man of fashion, woman of fashion, etc. arch. L15.
Kind, sort. Now rare. M16.
A mere form, pretence. obsolete exc. Scot. in make fashion, pretend. L16.
Comb.: Forming adverbs from nouns and adjectives with the sense 'in the manner or fashion of, -wise', as crab-fashion, Roman-fashion, etc. With the sense 'fashionable, stylish', as fashion jewellery etc. Special combs., as fashion-conscious adjective aware of and concerned about fashion; fashion house a business establishment displaying and selling high-quality clothes; fashion-monger a person who studies and follows fashion; fashion-paper a journal dealing with fashionable life, esp. current fashions in dress; fashion piece Nautical either of the two timbers in the underbody of a ship which form the shape of the stern; fashion plate a picture showing a fashion, esp. in dress; fig. a person who dresses in the current fashion; fashion victim colloq. a person who follows popular trends in dress and behaviour slavishly.
fashionist noun a follower of fashion E17.
fashionless adjective L16.