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unˈfashionable, a. and n.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
†1. Incapable of being fashioned or shaped; not admitting of a material form. Obs.
1563J. Man Musculus' Commonpl. 47 They doe sinne in that they set forth to the invisible and unfashionable God an image of an olde man with a hore beard. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 236 Thou, beeing a builder, when a stone breakes or is vnfashionable, throwest it from thee.
†2. Badly shaped or formed. Obs.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. i. 22 Scarse halfe made vp, And that so lamely and vnfashionable, That dogges barke at me, as I halt by them. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. v. §6. 58 He was of stature tall, of complexion pale and wan, of body somewhat grosse and vnfashionable. 1638Strafford Lett. (1739) II. 197 The Pikes short and ill-headed, their Arms unfashionable and very little good. 1663Cowley Cutter Coleman St. Pref., The slight Reparations..of an Old and unfashionable Building.
3. Of actions, conduct, etc.: Not in accordance with the prevailing fashion.
1648Boyle Seraph. Love (1659) 158 As Unfashionable as such a Profession may seem in a Gentleman not yet two and Twenty. 1693Locke Educ. §70 All the Actions of Childishness, and unfashionable Carriage, and whatever Time and Age will of it self be sure to reform. 1759Johnson Idler No. 48 ⁋8 They give the mind an unfashionable cast. 1776Adam Smith W.N. i. ix. (1869) I. 101 It is there [sc. in Holland] unfashionable not to be a man of business. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 16 She had herself been bred in the country where unfashionable revels of this kind are quite common.
4. Of persons: Not following the current fashion; not living in a fashionable way.
1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 340 These unfashionable Doctors had mind on nothing but to satisfie their insatiable avarice. 1693Congreve in Dryden's Juvenal xi. (1697) 290 Then, that Unfashionable Man am I, With me they'd starve for want of Ivory. 1704Steele Tender Husb. v. i, Let me come at the intruder on ladies' private hours—the unfashionable monster! 1766[Anstey] Bath Guide i. 70 When Sim, unfashionable Ninny, In public calls me Cousin Jenny. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. ix, They sat side by side, a hopelessly Unfashionable pair. 1890Spectator 16 Aug., Far from the madding crowd of fashionable or unfashionable society.
b. n. An unfashionable person.
1822[Lady Blessington] Magic Lantern 19 The crowds..tempted me to stroll into that gay rendezvous of fashionables, as well as unfashionables. 1831Westm. Rev. XIV. 436 The fashionables are almost uniformly witty and agreeable, the unfashionables stupid and disagreeable.
Hence unˈfashionableness.
1693Locke Educ. §184 Natural Unfashionableness being much better than apish, affected Postures. 1884Contemp. Rev. July 102 All that people will see in this latter sort of work..will be its shapelessness, plus its unfashionableness.
Add: unˌfashionaˈbility n.
1977Times 11 May 18/2 There are some artists who can wear unfashionability like a decoration for valour. 1989Independent 8 Apr. 4 Causes of the downturn are the financial squeeze..and the unfashionability of package holidays. |