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Definition of "modish" [mod•ish]

  • Being in or conforming to the prevailing or current fashion; stylish. See Synonyms at fashionable. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "modish" in a sentence
  • "Again, a certain kind of modish appearance seems important."
  • "He was young and handsome, and although he wore the simple garb of the Quakers he had not yet perhaps quite forgotten the "modish" ways of his younger days, for about his waist he had knotted a pale blue scarf."
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