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chic

3 ENTRIES FOUND:

1chic

noun \ˈshēk\

Definition of CHIC

1
: smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style <wears her clothes with superb chic>
2
: a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit <wearing the latest in urban chic>
3
: a faddishly popular quality or appeal; also : something (as a practice or interest) having such appeal <the transient tides of academic chic — Irving Kristol>

Examples of CHIC

  1. It's the height of chic this year.
  2. <mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic>

Origin of CHIC

French
First Known Use: 1856

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