vogue

[ vohg ]

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

/ 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

adjective

1. usually prenominal popular or fashionable

   a vogue word

Derived Forms

• ˈvoguish, adjective

Other Words From

• pre·vogue noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vogue¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of vogue¹

C16: from French: a rowing, fashion, from Old Italian voga, from vogare to row, of unknown origin

Synonym Study

See fashion.

Example Sentences

Models of gargantuan proportions—trained on billions of data points for several days—are in vogue, and likely won’t be going away any time soon.

From MIT Technology Review

Click here to view a large version of the chartBefore cigarettes came into vogue, this malady was rare.

From Popular-Science

Sample return missions are becoming increasingly in vogue, as evidenced by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and China’s current Chang’e 5 drilling operation on the moon.

From MIT Technology Review

The reason we even have players such as Mack is because the 3-4 outside linebacker became en vogue roughly 40 years ago.

From Washington Post

As BofA equities analysts noted in a report on Friday, “long-term fundamental investing is out of vogue, but may be the best arbitrage opportunity out there.”

From Fortune

Jourdan Dunn is the first sole black woman to feature on a British ‘Vogue’ cover in 12 years.

From The Daily Beast

When it was announced that Jourdan Dunn would be the first black model to cover British Vogue in twelve years it made me sad.

From The Daily Beast

Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.

From The Daily Beast

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, once worked there.

From The Daily Beast

But the Madonna videos—particularly “Express Yourself” and “Vogue”—are uniquely spectacular.

From The Daily Beast

Fern cases were very much in vogue some years ago, and this is really a very delightful way of cultivating the plants.

From Project Gutenberg

Nicknames among this class of poor whites in the South seem singularly like those in vogue in New England.

From Project Gutenberg

In Parliament, where of course the old costly fashions have long been out of vogue, the change is equally noticeable.

From Project Gutenberg

First, the introduction of pistons, inserted between the key-slips, which replaced the clumsy composition pedals then in vogue.

From Project Gutenberg

This method is in vogue in some sections, because still less money is required to keep property insured.

From Project Gutenberg