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>