FASHIONABLE

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

2.
a.

Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

3.
a.

Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.

4.
a.

Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

5.
n.

A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.