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Grammar : Adj

Spell : moh-dish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ dɪʃ

Definition of modish

Origin : 1650s, from mode (n.2) + -ish. "Very common in 17-18 c.; now somewhat arch[aic]." [OED].

adj fashionable

Example sentences :

There was evidence of great care and taste in every fold of her modish dress.
Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland

Tis modish to say women are tender, Phoebe; more modish than true.
Extract from : « The Maidens' Lodge » by Emily Sarah Holt

She wore a modish hat that was immensely becoming, and looked charming.
Extract from : « Langford of the Three Bars » by Kate Boyles

Judge then, if to me a lady of the modish taste could have been tolerable.
Extract from : « Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded » by Samuel Richardson

Orson Vane's bias toward the theatre did not displease the modish.
Extract from : « The Imitator » by Percival Pollard

And Anne, neither classic nor modish, still vaguely resembled her!
Extract from : « The Gorgeous Isle » by Gertrude Atherton

She was, in fact, a modish old lady as were her three friends.
Extract from : « Half Portions » by Edna Ferber

And John took off his hat, a modish Panama, and bowed and smiled to her and to the lady.
Extract from : « My Friend Prospero » by Henry Harland

Ray took from Miss Jevne the black silk gown, modest but modish.
Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber

But these modish regrets are sterile, after all, and comprimend.
Extract from : « The Works of Max Beerbohm » by Max Beerbohm

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