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fashionese

fashionese noun: the language of fashion.

Noun

fashionese (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The language of fashion.
    • […]French for Africa, the second largest continent; fashionese for the single biggest trend on the Continent, as Europe’s influential labels make reference to African motifs refracted through the prism of ’70s YSL-inspired glamour, as in, “I’m j’adoring my Miu Miu Mau Mau muumuu — it’s very chic...2009 February 22, Horacio Silva, “Words on the Street”, in New York Times

Origin of fashionese

From fashion + -ese.

Questions about fashionese

What does fashionese mean?
Fashionese means the language of fashion.
What part of speech is fashionese?
Fashionese is a noun.

Words near fashionese in the dictionary

  1. fashioncore
  2. fashioned
  3. fashionedness
  4. fashioner
  5. fashioners
  6. fashionese
  7. fashionest
  8. fashioneth
  9. fashioning
  10. fashioning needle
  11. fashioning needles

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