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Modishness

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. [1913 Webster] -- Mod"ish*ly, adv. -- Mod"ish*ness, n.

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modishness

n. The property of being modish.

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modishness

n. elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic, chicness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word]

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Sir Nugent, becoming momently more like an actor in a Greek tragedy, was lamenting over one boot, while Pett nursed the other, and recalling every circumstance that had led him to design such a triumph of modishness.