stylish

adjectiveattested in dialogue

//ˈstaɪlɪʃ//

Having style.

adjective

1
Having style.
2
Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.
“[…] Did you ever see her? a smart, stylish girl they say, but not handsome. […]”
[…] and that her darling boy, with his beautiful face and stylish air “beyond anybody else’s son in Middlemarch,” would be sure to get like that family in plainness of appearance and carelessness about his clothes.
“That’s it!” cried Clare, pleased to think that she had reverted to the real pronunciation. “What place is The Herons?” “A stylish lodging-house. ’Tis all lodging-houses here, bless ’ee.”
But I presume he was too stylish for me—he travelled for the firm, and had seen a great deal of society.
3
Having a particular directing style or cinematography.

Etymology

Etymology tree English style Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English stylish From style + -ish.

Forms

comparative: more stylish
superlative: most stylish

style · Senses relating to a thin, pointed object. A tool with a…Style · The ship of characters Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski from…Styles · A surname.

stylish · Having style.

stylist · A designer.Su · A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of its…sub · To substitute for.

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