[syn: stylish, fashionable]
3. patronized by;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fashionable \Fash"ion*a*ble\, a.
1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according
with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable
dress.
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2. Established or favored by custom or use; current;
prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable
philosophy; fashionable opinions.
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3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or
behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a
fashionable man.
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4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.
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Time is like a fashionable host
That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fashionable \Fash"ion*a*ble\, n.
A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fashionable
adj 1: being or in accordance with current social fashions;
"fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town";
"a fashionable cafe" [syn: fashionable, stylish]
[ant: unfashionable, unstylish]
2: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress;
"a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter
Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" [syn: stylish,
fashionable] [ant: styleless, unstylish]
3: patronized by