English Explanatory Dictionary

chic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Elegant, stylish.
noun
  1. Good form; style.
  2. A person with (a particular type of) chic.
noun
  1. A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Charles.

Pronunciation

shēk /ʃiːk/ /ʃik/ en-au-chic.ogg

Word forms

chic chicer more chic chicest most chic chics

Etymology

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).

Synonyms

chichi classy dapper fashionable natty smart trendy voguish

Antonyms

dowdy inelegant unelegant unchic unfashionable unstylish

Derived words

chicly chicness grandma chic granny chic lesbian chic nerd chic superchic très chic uberchic ultrachic unchic unchicly chiconomics ecochic geek chic heroin chic porno chic radical chic scruffy chic shabby chic tongue-in-chic
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