Meaning of Fashionable | Babel Free
ˈfæʃənəbl̩Definitions
A fashionable person; a fop.
Equivalents
Examples
“Just as I was stepping up to offer⟳ my hand to a very pleasing and witty fashionable, the brilliant and exclusive Mrs. Rawdon Crawley,"—he wrote […]”
“We speculated upon the astonishment that would have⟳ seized upon their simple, innocent hearts, had they beheld, instead of us, a bevy of our city fashionables in full bloom.”
“In large measure⟳ the Metropolitan is a show-case for rich fashionables who are not trained in Wagnerian music and have⟳ no reverence for it, but who like⟳ to promote⟳ art and show⟳ their clothes.”
“A few, perhaps, have⟳ a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show⟳ themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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