modish

[ moh-dish ]

adjective

1. in the current fashion; stylish.

   Synonyms: trendy, fashionable, chic, smart

modish

/ ˈməʊdɪʃ /

adjective

1. in the current fashion or style; contemporary

Derived Forms

• ˈmodishly, adverb
• ˈmodishness, noun

Other Words From

• modish·ly adverb
• modish·ness noun
• un·modish adjective
• un·modish·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of modish¹

First recorded in 1650–60; mode ² + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

He wished to be in his own home, with his loving wife, surrounded by the books he liked to browse in, by his paintings and his elegant possessions, dressed in neat modish clothes, comfortable in a stuffed chair.

From Literature

This includes Cyclona, the ribald drag persona of Robert Legorreta; John Valadez, whose ‘70s-era photographs captured the modish aesthetics of Eastside youth; and Patssi Valdez, who, with Gronk, formed part of the influential conceptual group Asco. Valdez is represented by a self-portrait that shows her skeptically side-eyeing the camera, as well as a video titled “Hot Pink” depicting a crew of glamorous postpunk collaborators bending gender and ethnicity.

From Los Angeles Times

On Thursday at the Modish Nail Spa in Mint Hill — the Charlotte suburb where Ms. Cotham lives — May Lopez said she was upset by the new abortion restriction.

From New York Times

Her appointment in San Francisco, under that ensemble’s modish music director, Seiji Ozawa, “projected a forward-looking vision of classical music,” the scholar Grace Wang has written.

From New York Times

“Bills, Bills, Bills” is dizzyingly complex, “Jumpin’, Jumpin’” is futuristically forceful and Beyoncé’s singing at the end of “Bug a Boo” is a soaring interjection of traditional glory into the modish present.

From New York Times