Main Entry:

¹chic

Pronunciation:

\ˈshēk\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French

Date:

1856

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>