à la modality
/ˌalamə(ʊ)ˈdalɪti/ /ˌaləmə(ʊ)ˈdalɪti/ /ˌɑːlɑːmə(ʊ)ˈdalɪti/(also alamodality, à-la-modality) rare before late 20th cent
noun
The quality of being à la mode; fashionableness, modishness.
- Now chiefly in historical fiction..
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Cyclopaedia. From post-classical Latin alamodalitas from French à-la-mode + classical Latin -ālitās.
- parcheesi
- parcher
- parch mark
- parchment
- parchment beaver
- parchment coffee
- parchmented
- parchmenter
- parchment glue
- parchmentized
- parchmentizing
- parchment lace
- parchment maker
- parchment paper
- parchment size
- parchment skin
- parchment window
- parchmenty
- parclose
- par-cook
- parcour
- pard
- pardalote
- house pit
- houseplace