démodéadj.

Brit.

/ˌdeɪˈməʊdeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌdeɪmoʊˈdeɪ/

Forms:

α. 1800s démodée, 1800s demodée.

β. 1800s– demodé, 1900s– démodé.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French démodé, démoder.

Etymology: < French démodé, past participle of démoder to put out of fashion (1827) < dé- de- prefix + mode fashion (see mode n.). Compare later demoded adj.In α. forms after the French feminine form.

No longer in fashion; out of date, outmoded; passé.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [adjective]

infashionable1640

unfashionable1660

unmodishc1665

unpolite1741

démodé1871

naff1964

switched-off1964

out1966

schleppy1966

dorky1970

dorked-out1974

1871 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Sept. 162/2 The tunic is far from being demodée. Very stylish ones are made for dressy toilets.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 3/2 A chance of reincarnation for some demodé white satin bodice.

1900 Daily News 16 Oct. 6/6 There is fashion in art, as in everything else, and the démodé painter soon passes into an obscurity which he does not deserve.

1928 Observer 26 Feb. 15/5 Ibsen, demodé as he is, seems to have the quality of the mountain that does not move.

1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 57 It is the old, démodé stuff that is most worth going after, because it is unfamiliar and has to be hunted for.

2007 Daily Tel. 6 July 24/3 Debt is starting to look decidedly démodé, the unattractive bling of bankrupts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	démodé
释义	démodéadj. Brit. /ˌdeɪˈməʊdeɪ/, U.S. /ˌdeɪmoʊˈdeɪ/ Forms: α. 1800s démodée, 1800s demodée. β. 1800s– demodé, 1900s– démodé. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French démodé, démoder. Etymology: < French démodé, past participle of démoder to put out of fashion (1827) < dé- de- prefix + mode fashion (see mode n.). Compare later demoded adj.In α. forms after the French feminine form. No longer in fashion; out of date, outmoded; passé. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > unfashionableness > [adjective] infashionable1640 unfashionable1660 unmodishc1665 unpolite1741 démodé1871 naff1964 switched-off1964 out1966 schleppy1966 dorky1970 dorked-out1974 1871 Englishwoman's Domest. Mag. Sept. 162/2 The tunic is far from being demodée. Very stylish ones are made for dressy toilets. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 7 Mar. 3/2 A chance of reincarnation for some demodé white satin bodice. 1900 Daily News 16 Oct. 6/6 There is fashion in art, as in everything else, and the démodé painter soon passes into an obscurity which he does not deserve. 1928 Observer 26 Feb. 15/5 Ibsen, demodé as he is, seems to have the quality of the mountain that does not move. 1966 H. Davies New London Spy (1967) 57 It is the old, démodé stuff that is most worth going after, because it is unfamiliar and has to be hunted for. 2007 Daily Tel. 6 July 24/3 Debt is starting to look decidedly démodé, the unattractive bling of bankrupts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1871
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