Meaning of tonish | Babel Free

Definitions

Conforming to the "ton"; modish, stylish.

archaic

Examples

“[H]is nephew, Rose, whose trite, settled, tonish emptiness of Discourse is a never failing source of Laughter and diversion.”

“She saw⟳ that his conversation, and his shoe-buckles, his manners, and his toupee, were all perfectly tonish; gems of the first water, in the regalia of fashion; and thought that, upon the whole, he was a husband that would do her credit.”

“I was engaged to dine in St Albans Street to meet⟳ my favourite Miss⟳ Cecilia Forrest, Mr and Mrs Broadhead, the Duke of Hamilton, Sir Watts Horton, and other tonish friends of my eldest sister's.”

“[…] those who […] have⟳ an inclination to give⟳ their sons, their daughters, and their servants, a tonish finish⟳ to their educations, may sin in haste and repent at leisure by passing a season at Bath.”

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