Meaning of démodé | Babel Free

Definitions

Outdated, old-fashioned.

Equivalents

Examples

“If, in the foregoing rapid summary, it has not always been possible to speak⟳ with uniform gravity, it is that, to-day, the main issue⟳ of Cecilia’s story has become⟳—as the author’s own⟳ Captain Aresby would now have⟳ said—a little démodé.”

““And the Vicar's wife too. Dear, all this is weeks and weeks old; I suppose⟳ it has only just reached the Vicarage. Do let⟳ us be up-to-date. Physical culture has been quite démodé since last⟳ Thursday.””

“Leisure travel⟳ will have⟳ to rescue⟳ the railways because commuting is becoming démodé and viewed with suspicion/mistrust by modern-day employees.”

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