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vogue

American  
[vohg] / voʊg /

noun

  1. something in fashion, as at a particular time.

    Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
    Synonyms:
    mode

  2. popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity.

    The book is having a great vogue.
vogue British  
/ vəʊɡ /

noun

  1. the popular style at a specified time (esp in the phrase in vogue )

  2. a period of general or popular usage or favour

    the vogue for such dances is now over
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adjective

  1. (usually prenominal) popular or fashionable

    a vogue word
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Related Words

See fashion.

Other Word Forms

  • prevogue noun
  • voguish adjective

Etymology

Origin of vogue

First recorded in 1565–75; Middle French: literally, “wave or course of success,” from Old Italian voga “a rowing,” derivative of vogare “to row, sail,” of unknown origin

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