alamode

[ al-uh-mohd ]

noun

1. a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.
2. à la mode.

alamode

/ ˈæləˌməʊd /

noun

1. a soft light silk used for shawls and dresses, esp in the 19th century See also surah

Word History and Origins

Origin of alamode¹

C17: from à la mode

Example Sentences

Alamode, a-la-mōd′, adv. and adj. according to the mode or fashion.—n. a light kind of glossy silk for scarfs, hat-bands, &c.—n.

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The round of beef is the best piece to alamode.

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It appeared by the evidence of the said Edmund Speering, Esq., that as he was passing through Clare-court, between one and two o'clock in the morning, he heard a great row and uproar in Thomas's alamode beef-shop—the shrill voices of women in distress, and the hoarse clamour of numerous throats masculine.

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"Set of Elizabethian sheep's trotters, from the Hearl of Alamode." eh?

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Again, every Class, every Trade, every Shopkeeper, every Pedlar, nay, that meanest of Tradesmen, that Church Pedlar the Pope, has a Cloven-Foot, with which he Paw wa’s upon the World, wishes them all well, and at the same time cheats them; wishes them all fed, and at the same time starves them; wishes them all in Heaven, and at the same time marches before them directly to the Devil, alamode de Cloven-Foot.

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