# fashionable

Pronunciation: say "FASH-uhn-uh-buhl" /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/

## Adjective

1. Reflecting the current popular trend or style, or shaped by it; widely admired as being in vogue.
   - Simple: Popular and liked by many people right now, especially in clothes and style.
   - _The old warehouse district has become fashionable with artists and young professionals._
   - _Minimalist interiors are fashionable in design circles at the moment._
2. Established or favored by custom; prevailing or current at a particular time.
   - Simple: Accepted and used by most people at a certain time.
   - _Dueling remained fashionable among army officers well into the century._
   - _Elaborate letter-writing was fashionable in polite society at the time._

## Noun

3. A person preoccupied with following current trends in dress and manners; a fop.
   - Simple: A person who follows the newest styles and cares a lot about looking smart.
   - _He fancied himself a fashionable, never wearing the same coat twice._
   - _The drawing room filled with fashionables eager to display the season's newest cuts._

## Adjective

4. Genteel and well-bred; marked by the refined manners of good social standing. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Having polite manners and the good upbringing of a high social class.
   - _A fashionable lady never raised her voice, however trying the company._
   - _His fashionable bearing and courteous speech revealed an excellent upbringing._

## Origin

Formed from "fashion" combined with the suffix "-able".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/fashionable (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).