† modyadj.
Obsolete.
Fashionable, modish.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]
in (also into) request?1574
bonfacion1584
fashional?1607
of request1613
fashionablea1627
à la mode1642
all the mode1651
modish1661
in mode1664
timeish1676
of vogue1678
voguea1695
mody1701
alamodic1753
much the mode1767
tonish1778
go1784
stylish1800
bang-up1810
tippy1810
varmint1823
up to the knocker1844
gyvera1866
OK1869
fly1879
swagger1879
doggy1885
faddy1885
fantoosh1920
voguish1927
voguey1928
à la page1930
go1937
hard1938
hip1939
down1952
swinging1958
a-go-go1960
way-in1960
yé-yé1960
trendy1962
with-it1962
go-go1963
happening1965
mod1965
funky1967
together1968
fash1977
cred1987
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion
fashion-monging1600
fashionable1609
fashionly1613
modish1652
mody1701
knowing1768
fadding1864
downtown1914
cool1918
fashion-conscious1951
switched-on1964
trendoid1979
fresh1984
kewl1990
1701 F. Manning Poems 67 I am o'erjoyed, says one, that we shall see Of Mody Fans so great variety.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxii. 125 I said, O dear Mr. Longman, you make me too rich, and too mody.
1771 Hist. Sir William Harrington III. liv. 46 These [dresses] were entirely new for the wedding..mine the mody coloured crimson, edged with ermine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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