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fashionable(dictionary)
fashionable(dictionary)

fashionable (iou)



fashionable adjective & noun. L16.
[from FASHION verb, noun + -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Able to be fashioned or shaped (to). L16-M17.
Dressing or behaving according to the current or best fashion. E17.
Conformable to fashion; in vogue, generally accepted; of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or frequented by fashionable people. E17.
N. Coward Funny how the South of France has become so fashionable in the summer, isn't it? L. Hellman My hair,..straight in a time when it was fashionable to have curls.
b. Of a good fashion or appearance; stylish. M17-E18.
Merely formal. E-M17.
b. noun. A fashionable person. Usu. in pl. L18.
fashiona'bility noun M19.
fashionableness noun E17.
fashionably adverb E17.