à la modeadv.adj.n.prep.

Brit.

/ˌa la ˈməʊd/,

/ˌa lə ˈməʊd/,

/ˌɑː lɑː ˈməʊd/, U.S.

/ˌɑ lɑ ˈmoʊd/

Forms:

α. 1600s alamod (Scottish), 1600s ala-mode, 1600s allamode, 1600s 1800s– a la mode, 1600s–1700s ala mode, 1600s–1800s a-la-mode, 1600s– alamode, 1600s– à la mode, 1800s à-la-mode.

β. 1600s all a mode, 1600s all a-mode, 1600s–1700s all-a-mode.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à la mode.

Etymology: < French à la mode in the manner or fashion specified by the following adjective (late 14th cent. in Middle French in a la mode Lombarde in the Lombardic manner), in the manner or fashion of a specified person, place, or thing (2nd half of the 15th cent. in a la mode de Lombardie , a la mode du pays ), in accord with contemporary taste, fashionable (1549; 1651 designating a style of cooking in boeuf à la mode : see beef à la mode n. at Compounds 2, à la mode beef n. at Compounds 1) < à la à la prep. + mode mode n. Compare Italian alla moda (1648; probably after French), and also early modern German alamode (adjective and adverb) fashionable, fashionably, Alamode (noun) fashionable clothing (17th cent.), Dutch alamode in the manner of (a specified place), (adjective) fashionable (17th cent.), designating a kind of fabric (18th cent.), both < French.Earlier currency in sense D. is perhaps implied by the following:1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D My handes without gloues, all a more [perh. read mode] French.In β. forms apparently showing reanalysis as an English phrase containing all adv. and an adjective or adverb in a- prefix³ (as e.g. all agog at agog adv., all ablaze at ablaze adj. 1, etc.). Compare also the following, apparently < Italian alla moda , with alteration of the ending (compare e.g. -ado suffix and see discussion at that entry):a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1936) V. 133 The King, nobles, knights, pages, etts., had great plumes platted thicke circularwise over the brimmes of their hatts, a la modo.

A. adv.

1. In accordance with the fashion; in a modish manner; fashionably.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > in fashion [phrase]

in, out of (the) fashion1603

à la mode1637

in a style1781

up to the minute1909

1637 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure ii. sig. C4^v They would have given him generous education, Taught him..how To dance, and wagge his feather ala mode.

1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander ii. i. sig. E2 Doe they walke in Coat gelt, or all a mode in Dunkirke Cloaks?

1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 28 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1671 If you can get that name generally at Paris it will put you à la mode.

1790 J. Byng Diary 21 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 204 The rooms for use are trick'd up a la mode.

1836 Metropolitan May 75 You must forgive my not being sufficiently initiated yet, to know whether I am acting à-la-mode to send you an invitation.

1849 E. Bennett Leni-Leoti xvii. 82/2 Her dark glossy hair was braided and arranged, if not a la mode, at least in most exquisite taste.

1910 Educ. Found. Sept. 41 As time goes on we learn to speak a la mode, but we do nothing, practically, to fit the voice for its high, noble purpose.

2000 A. Calcutt Brit Cult 61/2 Besides being dressed à la mode, Best was soon opening his own boutiques.

2. In the manner or fashion of a specified person or thing.

ΚΠ

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bucks. 130 John Buckingham..took his Name and Nativity no doubt from Buckingham in this County, a-la-mode of that Age.

1680–1 in Roxburghe Ballads (1883) IV. 631 And All-a-mode of the brisk Monsieur, In the midst of the Pit, like ourselves we do sit.

1742 J. Winstanley et al. Poems 223 We saw three four-leg'd Mortals in a Dance, Frisking and cap'ring a-la-mode of France.

1829 R. Van Rensselaer Let. 12 July in C. V. R. Bonney Legacy Hist. Gleanings (1875) I. xxiii. 496 The other ten feet was surmounted a la mode of a chimney-sweep through a narrow fissure of the rock.

1852 Anglo-Amer. Mag. Nov. 469/2 He will..devour him in an oriental salad, a la mode of some of the cannibal natives.

1922 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 140/2 She drank a glass of champagne à la mode of Queen Gertrude to the manes of the Danish Prince!

1998 J. Lukacs Thread of Years 437 She is..a very attractive young woman, though now somewhat unkempt..à la mode of the sixties.

B. adj.

1. Fashionable, modish; in fashion. Also as postmodifier.

ΘΚΠ

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

1642 J. Suckling Discontented Colonell ii. sig. C3^v 'Tis a campe health, An Alamode one.

1657 R. Sanderson 14 Serm. Pref. 1 I confess they are not Alamode.

1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. 67 That plainness of Nature, which the Alamode People call Clownishness.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 40. 260 All sorts of Perukes the most Alamode.

1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. iii. v. 217 I began by five or six a-la-mode bows.

1765 C. Smart Phædrus viii. 28 I value not thy gasconading, Nor all thy alamode parading.

1844 Southern Literary Messenger Apr. 222/1 The delicate hand and correct eye carefully adjusted those dark glossy ringlets in a-la-mode style.

1895 J. Gordon Poppæa xxv. 234 The most à la mode woman of the moment in Paris to-day is little Madame Grafton.

1915 D. Barnes in N.Y. Press 25 Apr. iv. 4/3 With a shock you appreciate that you are not ‘a la mode’.

1982 Face May 10/4 À la mode music doesn't need syrup-sweet voices..for commercial viability.

1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) ii. 95 We were à la mode, that year, because we were something piquant, something new.

2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts v. 119 On medical advice, the modern mother à la mode also now breast-fed.

2. North American. As postmodifier: designating a dessert, esp. apple pie, served with ice cream.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > accompanied by specific food

printanier1793

truffled1820

Parmentier1875

oystered1885

à la mode1893

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adverb] > garnished in specific way

au gratin1806

à la Hollandaise1841

à la mode1893

1893 Daily News (St. Paul, Minnesota) 26 Apr. 3/5 Cold meats were raised from 30 to 35 cents,..and apple pie, a la mode, was raised 20 cents—10 cents for apple pie and ten cents for a la mode.

1928 Delineator Cook Bk. 734 ‘Pie a la mode’ is pie served with ice-cream.

1949 L. P. De Gouy Pie Bk. 65 Apple Pie... Serve warm or cold, with cheese, a la mode or with whipped cream.

1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird v. 67 We had..apple pie à la mode. À la mode in the United States means ice-cream.

2004 R. Arellano Don Dimaio of La Plata 44 Other guys are..diving right into dessert—chocolate-chip blondies à la mode!

C. n.

†1.

a. A fashionable person. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > following of fashion > follower of fashion

fashion-monger1598

fashionist?1624

à la mode1651

modist1662

high-stepper1852

hipcat1937

stilyaga1955

swinger1965

trendy1968

voguie1973

trendoid1985

hipster1989

1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd ii. 3 And yet this Whelp, this cringing A-la-modeWith Bels, and Collar, hair in th' Island guise, Feeds with his Lord, and on soft Couches lyes.

a1652 R. Brome New Acad. v. i. 91 in Five New Playes (1659) He's a brave gallant, one o'the Alamodes, Nothing but French all over.

b. A fashionable remark, gesture, or habit; a prevailing fashion, custom, or style. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > [noun]

moodOE

affection?c1225

affecta1398

statec1450

humour1525

vein1577

frame1579

temperality1600

tempera1628

à la mode1654

disposition1726

spite1735

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion

gentryc1400

the fashion1569

mainstream1599

the trim1603

mood1646

mode1649

vogue1649

beauty1653

à la mode1654

turn1695

the kick1699

goût1717

thing1734

taste1739

ton1769

nick1788

the tippy1790

twig1811

latest1814

dernier mot1834

ticket1838

kibosh1880

last cry1887

le (or the) dernier cri1896

flavour of the month (or week)1946

vague1962

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 354 Her A La Modes are suitable shapings of her Mind to all changes of Occurrences or condition.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 44 For an old man to marry a young wife..is become the A la mode of the times.

1727 A. Pope et al. Peri Bathous 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The principal Branch of the Alamode is the Prurient... It consists..of..selling of Bargains, and double Entendre.

1737 J. Hewitt Tutor for Beaus ii. 27 Give your self some Airs, make some of your Alamodes—say some of your fine Things.

1830 J. Galt Southennan I. xxxiii. 263 Welcoming her new lodger with many congees and dignified alamodes of her lofty head.

1898 O. Orchard Poems 56 Of alamodes that have their roots in vulgar-mindedness, Not least contemptible is that of wearing ‘evening dress’.

2. A light glossy silk, typically black in colour. Also attributive. Cf. mode n. 10a. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > with glossy or shiny surface > black

à la mode1653

alamode silk1686

mode1725

vellum mode-

1653 in J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1904) I. 62 For All a mode for my mother.

1676 London Gaz. mxcix/4 Several Pieces of wrought Silk, as Taffaties, Sarcenets, Alamodes, and Lutes.

1676 London Gaz. mxciii/4 Sarcenet and Alamode Hoods.

1702 Order in Council 8 Mar. in London Gaz. mmmdccxci/4 To wear Hatbands of Black English Alamode covered with Black Crape.

1737 S.-Carolina Gaz. 20 Aug. 3/1 Alamode brokade.

1764 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1913) 49 281 Just Imported from London..Alamode for black Handkerchiefs.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 53 Regular exchange of the fleeces of Cotswold for the alamodes of Lyons.

1919 C. M. Andrews Colonial Folkways iv. 72 Farmers of the better class were wearing a finer quality of ‘shop goods’, such as camblet, alamode, calamanco, and blue broadcloth.

1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manuf. in Early Mod. Eng. ix. 130 Alamodes had been made by some of their members intermittingly since 1663.

D. prep.

With following noun or adjective: in the style or fashion of (the person or thing mentioned); in the manner specified. Cf. à la prep.

ΚΠ

1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity App. i. 176 'Tis obvious to observe that the beginning of his Sermon is a-la-mode a School-boy's Theme.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. 485 The Faction, a-la-mode the old Palatinate, wrought as well as they could with it to destroy the King.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 Nov. (1966) I. 242 Intending it hourly I deferred my letter a la mode the procrastinator!

1846 G. Rutledge Jrnl. 30 Aug. in Southwest Hist. Ser. (1935) 3 227 Many ladies..sit a la mode Turkish on the floor or kneel in devotion.

1896 J. Mooney Ghost-dance Relig. in 14th Ann. Rep. Bureau Ethnol. 1892–3 (54th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. No. 230 Pt. 2) viii. 748 The followers of this new religion..went through some disgusting ceremonies a la mode the black tomahnous.

1955 Ceylon Hist. Jrnl. 4 96 It is easy to understand how the Sanskrit writers of Ceylon were inspired..to compose poems a la mode these Indian models.

2008 T. D. Sharpley-Whiting in M. Marable & V. Agard-Jones Transnational Blackness xiv. 213 A nascent race consciousness among Francophone blacks, which would lead to a cultural explosion à la mode American.

Compounds

C1. In attributive use.

à la mode beef n. now historical = beef à la mode n. at Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes

langue de boeuf1381

sawgeatc1390

pome-garneza1450

olive1598

potato pie1600

capilotade1611

carbonade1651

beef à la mode1653

Scots collops1657

Scotch collops1664

galantine1702

grenadine1706

scotched collops1708

à la mode beef1723

miroton1725

German duck1785

cottage pie1791

chartreuse1806

timbale1824

sanders1827

rognon1828

rolliche1830

schalet1846

old thing1848

Brunswick stew1855

scrapple1855

moussaka1862

cannelon1875

crépinette1877

shepherd's pie1877

chop suey1888

estouffade1889

noisette1891

chaudfroid1892

patty1904

boeuf bourguignon1915

sukiyaki1920

bœuf stroganoff1932

bœuf1936

flauta1938

rumaki1941

rendang1948

pastitsio1950

keema1955

bulgogi1958

moo shu1962

Melba1964

shabu-shabu1970

carpaccio1974

al pastor1977

gosht1982

parmo1999

parmesan2003

beef stroganof-

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. D8 Alamode Beef. Take out the fat Skin, and coarse from a fleshy Piece of Beef..then lard it quite through.

1842 T. Hood Turtles in New Monthly Mag. 65 272 Alamode-beef and greens.

1856 T. B. Macaulay in Encycl. Brit. XII. 88 His taste in cookery, formed in..Alamode beefshops, was far from delicate.

1915 Fayette County (Iowa) Leader 18 Nov. 5/2 A la mode beef may be put in a large bowl, covered with its hot gravy, shut up tight, and when cold put in ice box.

2006 J. Morgan Symphony (2007) 127 The City clerk at the chop-house who always lingers over his small plate of à la mode beef for a solitary, precious hour.

alamode silk n. now historical = sense C. 2.

ΘΚΠ

à la mode1653

alamode silk1686

mode1725

vellum mode-

1686 London Gaz. 2126/4 Very good black narrow Lute-Strings, and Alamode-Silks.

1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Chron. 106/1 The illegal seizure of a parcel of alamode silks.

1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. xxi. 249 The French refugees in England, having formed a successful project for making lustring..and a-la-mode silks, articles in great demand.

2000 Past & Present No. 168. 130 The import of certain classes of goods, Indian cottons and French alamode silks for example, was entirely prohibited.

C2. As postmodifier.

beef à la mode n. a dish of larded beef braised with vegetables and (often) wine, served in a rich sauce.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes

langue de boeuf1381

sawgeatc1390

pome-garneza1450

olive1598

potato pie1600

capilotade1611

carbonade1651

beef à la mode1653

Scots collops1657

Scotch collops1664

galantine1702

grenadine1706

scotched collops1708

à la mode beef1723

miroton1725

German duck1785

cottage pie1791

chartreuse1806

timbale1824

sanders1827

rognon1828

rolliche1830

schalet1846

old thing1848

Brunswick stew1855

scrapple1855

moussaka1862

cannelon1875

crépinette1877

shepherd's pie1877

chop suey1888

estouffade1889

noisette1891

chaudfroid1892

patty1904

boeuf bourguignon1915

sukiyaki1920

bœuf stroganoff1932

bœuf1936

flauta1938

rumaki1941

rendang1948

pastitsio1950

keema1955

bulgogi1958

moo shu1962

Melba1964

shabu-shabu1970

carpaccio1974

al pastor1977

gosht1982

parmo1999

parmesan2003

beef stroganof-

1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook iii. 44 Beefe a la mode. Beat it well, and lard it with great lard, then seeth it in a pot with good broth.

1764 Lloyd's Evening Post 8 Aug. 139/2 I open'd my melancholy story to him, over three pennyworth of beef-a-la-mode.

1890 New Pract. Housek. 643 The rump or upper part of hind leg, good for pot roasts; beef a la mode; corned beef and rump roasts.

1997 N.Y. Times 15 Jan. c6/2 The Senator considers himself something of a cook and prefers beef à la mode to baked beans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	à la mode
释义	à la modeadv.adj.n.prep. Brit. /ˌa la ˈməʊd/, /ˌa lə ˈməʊd/, /ˌɑː lɑː ˈməʊd/, U.S. /ˌɑ lɑ ˈmoʊd/ Forms: α. 1600s alamod (Scottish), 1600s ala-mode, 1600s allamode, 1600s 1800s– a la mode, 1600s–1700s ala mode, 1600s–1800s a-la-mode, 1600s– alamode, 1600s– à la mode, 1800s à-la-mode. β. 1600s all a mode, 1600s all a-mode, 1600s–1700s all-a-mode. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à la mode. Etymology: < French à la mode in the manner or fashion specified by the following adjective (late 14th cent. in Middle French in a la mode Lombarde in the Lombardic manner), in the manner or fashion of a specified person, place, or thing (2nd half of the 15th cent. in a la mode de Lombardie , a la mode du pays ), in accord with contemporary taste, fashionable (1549; 1651 designating a style of cooking in boeuf à la mode : see beef à la mode n. at Compounds 2, à la mode beef n. at Compounds 1) < à la à la prep. + mode mode n. Compare Italian alla moda (1648; probably after French), and also early modern German alamode (adjective and adverb) fashionable, fashionably, Alamode (noun) fashionable clothing (17th cent.), Dutch alamode in the manner of (a specified place), (adjective) fashionable (17th cent.), designating a kind of fabric (18th cent.), both < French.Earlier currency in sense D. is perhaps implied by the following:1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D My handes without gloues, all a more [perh. read mode] French.In β. forms apparently showing reanalysis as an English phrase containing all adv. and an adjective or adverb in a- prefix³ (as e.g. all agog at agog adv., all ablaze at ablaze adj. 1, etc.). Compare also the following, apparently < Italian alla moda , with alteration of the ending (compare e.g. -ado suffix and see discussion at that entry):a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1936) V. 133 The King, nobles, knights, pages, etts., had great plumes platted thicke circularwise over the brimmes of their hatts, a la modo. A. adv. 1. In accordance with the fashion; in a modish manner; fashionably. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > in fashion [phrase] in, out of (the) fashion1603 à la mode1637 in a style1781 up to the minute1909 1637 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure ii. sig. C4^v They would have given him generous education, Taught him..how To dance, and wagge his feather ala mode. 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander ii. i. sig. E2 Doe they walke in Coat gelt, or all a mode in Dunkirke Cloaks? 1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 28 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1671 If you can get that name generally at Paris it will put you à la mode. 1790 J. Byng Diary 21 June in Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 204 The rooms for use are trick'd up a la mode. 1836 Metropolitan May 75 You must forgive my not being sufficiently initiated yet, to know whether I am acting à-la-mode to send you an invitation. 1849 E. Bennett Leni-Leoti xvii. 82/2 Her dark glossy hair was braided and arranged, if not a la mode, at least in most exquisite taste. 1910 Educ. Found. Sept. 41 As time goes on we learn to speak a la mode, but we do nothing, practically, to fit the voice for its high, noble purpose. 2000 A. Calcutt Brit Cult 61/2 Besides being dressed à la mode, Best was soon opening his own boutiques. 2. In the manner or fashion of a specified person or thing. ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bucks. 130 John Buckingham..took his Name and Nativity no doubt from Buckingham in this County, a-la-mode of that Age. 1680–1 in Roxburghe Ballads (1883) IV. 631 And All-a-mode of the brisk Monsieur, In the midst of the Pit, like ourselves we do sit. 1742 J. Winstanley et al. Poems 223 We saw three four-leg'd Mortals in a Dance, Frisking and cap'ring a-la-mode of France. 1829 R. Van Rensselaer Let. 12 July in C. V. R. Bonney Legacy Hist. Gleanings (1875) I. xxiii. 496 The other ten feet was surmounted a la mode of a chimney-sweep through a narrow fissure of the rock. 1852 Anglo-Amer. Mag. Nov. 469/2 He will..devour him in an oriental salad, a la mode of some of the cannibal natives. 1922 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 140/2 She drank a glass of champagne à la mode of Queen Gertrude to the manes of the Danish Prince! 1998 J. Lukacs Thread of Years 437 She is..a very attractive young woman, though now somewhat unkempt..à la mode of the sixties. B. adj. 1. Fashionable, modish; in fashion. Also as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ 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 1642 J. Suckling Discontented Colonell ii. sig. C3^v 'Tis a campe health, An Alamode one. 1657 R. Sanderson 14 Serm. Pref. 1 I confess they are not Alamode. 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. 67 That plainness of Nature, which the Alamode People call Clownishness. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 40. 260 All sorts of Perukes the most Alamode. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. iii. v. 217 I began by five or six a-la-mode bows. 1765 C. Smart Phædrus viii. 28 I value not thy gasconading, Nor all thy alamode parading. 1844 Southern Literary Messenger Apr. 222/1 The delicate hand and correct eye carefully adjusted those dark glossy ringlets in a-la-mode style. 1895 J. Gordon Poppæa xxv. 234 The most à la mode woman of the moment in Paris to-day is little Madame Grafton. 1915 D. Barnes in N.Y. Press 25 Apr. iv. 4/3 With a shock you appreciate that you are not ‘a la mode’. 1982 Face May 10/4 À la mode music doesn't need syrup-sweet voices..for commercial viability. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) ii. 95 We were à la mode, that year, because we were something piquant, something new. 2002 R. Porter Blood & Guts v. 119 On medical advice, the modern mother à la mode also now breast-fed. 2. North American. As postmodifier: designating a dessert, esp. apple pie, served with ice cream. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adjective] > accompanied by specific food printanier1793 truffled1820 Parmentier1875 oystered1885 à la mode1893 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > garnishing > [adverb] > garnished in specific way au gratin1806 à la Hollandaise1841 à la mode1893 1893 Daily News (St. Paul, Minnesota) 26 Apr. 3/5 Cold meats were raised from 30 to 35 cents,..and apple pie, a la mode, was raised 20 cents—10 cents for apple pie and ten cents for a la mode. 1928 Delineator Cook Bk. 734 ‘Pie a la mode’ is pie served with ice-cream. 1949 L. P. De Gouy Pie Bk. 65 Apple Pie... Serve warm or cold, with cheese, a la mode or with whipped cream. 1971 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird v. 67 We had..apple pie à la mode. À la mode in the United States means ice-cream. 2004 R. Arellano Don Dimaio of La Plata 44 Other guys are..diving right into dessert—chocolate-chip blondies à la mode! C. n. †1. a. A fashionable person. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > following of fashion > follower of fashion fashion-monger1598 fashionist?1624 à la mode1651 modist1662 high-stepper1852 hipcat1937 stilyaga1955 swinger1965 trendy1968 voguie1973 trendoid1985 hipster1989 1651 J. Ogilby Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd ii. 3 And yet this Whelp, this cringing A-la-modeWith Bels, and Collar, hair in th' Island guise, Feeds with his Lord, and on soft Couches lyes. a1652 R. Brome New Acad. v. i. 91 in Five New Playes (1659) He's a brave gallant, one o'the Alamodes, Nothing but French all over. b. A fashionable remark, gesture, or habit; a prevailing fashion, custom, or style. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > temporary state of mind, mood > [noun] moodOE affection?c1225 affecta1398 statec1450 humour1525 vein1577 frame1579 temperality1600 tempera1628 à la mode1654 disposition1726 spite1735 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > the or a prevailing fashion gentryc1400 the fashion1569 mainstream1599 the trim1603 mood1646 mode1649 vogue1649 beauty1653 à la mode1654 turn1695 the kick1699 goût1717 thing1734 taste1739 ton1769 nick1788 the tippy1790 twig1811 latest1814 dernier mot1834 ticket1838 kibosh1880 last cry1887 le (or the) dernier cri1896 flavour of the month (or week)1946 vague1962 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 354 Her A La Modes are suitable shapings of her Mind to all changes of Occurrences or condition. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 44 For an old man to marry a young wife..is become the A la mode of the times. 1727 A. Pope et al. Peri Bathous 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The principal Branch of the Alamode is the Prurient... It consists..of..selling of Bargains, and double Entendre. 1737 J. Hewitt Tutor for Beaus ii. 27 Give your self some Airs, make some of your Alamodes—say some of your fine Things. 1830 J. Galt Southennan I. xxxiii. 263 Welcoming her new lodger with many congees and dignified alamodes of her lofty head. 1898 O. Orchard Poems 56 Of alamodes that have their roots in vulgar-mindedness, Not least contemptible is that of wearing ‘evening dress’. 2. A light glossy silk, typically black in colour. Also attributive. Cf. mode n. 10a. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > with glossy or shiny surface > black à la mode1653 alamode silk1686 mode1725 vellum mode- 1653 in J. R. Magrath Flemings in Oxf. (1904) I. 62 For All a mode for my mother. 1676 London Gaz. mxcix/4 Several Pieces of wrought Silk, as Taffaties, Sarcenets, Alamodes, and Lutes. 1676 London Gaz. mxciii/4 Sarcenet and Alamode Hoods. 1702 Order in Council 8 Mar. in London Gaz. mmmdccxci/4 To wear Hatbands of Black English Alamode covered with Black Crape. 1737 S.-Carolina Gaz. 20 Aug. 3/1 Alamode brokade. 1764 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1913) 49 281 Just Imported from London..Alamode for black Handkerchiefs. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 53 Regular exchange of the fleeces of Cotswold for the alamodes of Lyons. 1919 C. M. Andrews Colonial Folkways iv. 72 Farmers of the better class were wearing a finer quality of ‘shop goods’, such as camblet, alamode, calamanco, and blue broadcloth. 1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manuf. in Early Mod. Eng. ix. 130 Alamodes had been made by some of their members intermittingly since 1663. D. prep. With following noun or adjective: in the style or fashion of (the person or thing mentioned); in the manner specified. Cf. à la prep. ΚΠ 1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity App. i. 176 'Tis obvious to observe that the beginning of his Sermon is a-la-mode a School-boy's Theme. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. 485 The Faction, a-la-mode the old Palatinate, wrought as well as they could with it to destroy the King. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Let. 1 Nov. (1966) I. 242 Intending it hourly I deferred my letter a la mode the procrastinator! 1846 G. Rutledge Jrnl. 30 Aug. in Southwest Hist. Ser. (1935) 3 227 Many ladies..sit a la mode Turkish on the floor or kneel in devotion. 1896 J. Mooney Ghost-dance Relig. in 14th Ann. Rep. Bureau Ethnol. 1892–3 (54th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Doc. No. 230 Pt. 2) viii. 748 The followers of this new religion..went through some disgusting ceremonies a la mode the black tomahnous. 1955 Ceylon Hist. Jrnl. 4 96 It is easy to understand how the Sanskrit writers of Ceylon were inspired..to compose poems a la mode these Indian models. 2008 T. D. Sharpley-Whiting in M. Marable & V. Agard-Jones Transnational Blackness xiv. 213 A nascent race consciousness among Francophone blacks, which would lead to a cultural explosion à la mode American. Compounds C1. In attributive use. à la mode beef n. now historical = beef à la mode n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes langue de boeuf1381 sawgeatc1390 pome-garneza1450 olive1598 potato pie1600 capilotade1611 carbonade1651 beef à la mode1653 Scots collops1657 Scotch collops1664 galantine1702 grenadine1706 scotched collops1708 à la mode beef1723 miroton1725 German duck1785 cottage pie1791 chartreuse1806 timbale1824 sanders1827 rognon1828 rolliche1830 schalet1846 old thing1848 Brunswick stew1855 scrapple1855 moussaka1862 cannelon1875 crépinette1877 shepherd's pie1877 chop suey1888 estouffade1889 noisette1891 chaudfroid1892 patty1904 boeuf bourguignon1915 sukiyaki1920 bœuf stroganoff1932 bœuf1936 flauta1938 rumaki1941 rendang1948 pastitsio1950 keema1955 bulgogi1958 moo shu1962 Melba1964 shabu-shabu1970 carpaccio1974 al pastor1977 gosht1982 parmo1999 parmesan2003 beef stroganof- 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. D8 Alamode Beef. Take out the fat Skin, and coarse from a fleshy Piece of Beef..then lard it quite through. 1842 T. Hood Turtles in New Monthly Mag. 65 272 Alamode-beef and greens. 1856 T. B. Macaulay in Encycl. Brit. XII. 88 His taste in cookery, formed in..Alamode beefshops, was far from delicate. 1915 Fayette County (Iowa) Leader 18 Nov. 5/2 A la mode beef may be put in a large bowl, covered with its hot gravy, shut up tight, and when cold put in ice box. 2006 J. Morgan Symphony (2007) 127 The City clerk at the chop-house who always lingers over his small plate of à la mode beef for a solitary, precious hour. alamode silk n. now historical = sense C. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from silk > [noun] > types of > with glossy or shiny surface > black à la mode1653 alamode silk1686 mode1725 vellum mode- 1686 London Gaz. 2126/4 Very good black narrow Lute-Strings, and Alamode-Silks. 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Chron. 106/1 The illegal seizure of a parcel of alamode silks. 1813 W. Milburn Oriental Commerce II. xxi. 249 The French refugees in England, having formed a successful project for making lustring..and a-la-mode silks, articles in great demand. 2000 Past & Present No. 168. 130 The import of certain classes of goods, Indian cottons and French alamode silks for example, was entirely prohibited. C2. As postmodifier. beef à la mode n. a dish of larded beef braised with vegetables and (often) wine, served in a rich sauce. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > other meat dishes langue de boeuf1381 sawgeatc1390 pome-garneza1450 olive1598 potato pie1600 capilotade1611 carbonade1651 beef à la mode1653 Scots collops1657 Scotch collops1664 galantine1702 grenadine1706 scotched collops1708 à la mode beef1723 miroton1725 German duck1785 cottage pie1791 chartreuse1806 timbale1824 sanders1827 rognon1828 rolliche1830 schalet1846 old thing1848 Brunswick stew1855 scrapple1855 moussaka1862 cannelon1875 crépinette1877 shepherd's pie1877 chop suey1888 estouffade1889 noisette1891 chaudfroid1892 patty1904 boeuf bourguignon1915 sukiyaki1920 bœuf stroganoff1932 bœuf1936 flauta1938 rumaki1941 rendang1948 pastitsio1950 keema1955 bulgogi1958 moo shu1962 Melba1964 shabu-shabu1970 carpaccio1974 al pastor1977 gosht1982 parmo1999 parmesan2003 beef stroganof- 1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook iii. 44 Beefe a la mode. Beat it well, and lard it with great lard, then seeth it in a pot with good broth. 1764 Lloyd's Evening Post 8 Aug. 139/2 I open'd my melancholy story to him, over three pennyworth of beef-a-la-mode. 1890 New Pract. Housek. 643 The rump or upper part of hind leg, good for pot roasts; beef a la mode; corned beef and rump roasts. 1997 N.Y. Times 15 Jan. c6/2 The Senator considers himself something of a cook and prefers beef à la mode to baked beans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.n.prep.1637
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