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chic
 
PRONUNCIATION:  shk
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: chic·er, chic·est
1. Conforming to the current fashion; stylish: chic clothes; a chic boutique. 2. Adopting or setting current fashions and styles; sophisticated: chic, well-dressed young executives. See synonyms at fashionable.
NOUN:1. The quality or state of being stylish; fashionableness. 2. Sophistication in dress and manner; elegance.
ETYMOLOGY:French, probably from German Schick, skill, fitness, elegance, from Middle High German (sich) schicken, to outfit (oneself), fit in.
OTHER FORMS:chiclyADVERB
chicnessNOUN
 
 
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