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chichi
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chichi has 2 senses
- chichi(n = noun.person) Array - someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way; Array is a kind of dresser
- chichi(n = noun.attribute) chic, chicness, last word, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank - elegance by virtue of being fashionable; Array is a kind of elegance
has particulars: dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness
Adjective chichi has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chichi, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a thing) frilly, showy.
2 (of a person or behaviour) fussy, affected.
--n.
1 over-refinement, pretentiousness, fussiness.
2 a frilly, showy, or pretentious object.
--adj.
1 (of a thing) frilly, showy.
2 (of a person or behaviour) fussy, affected.
--n.
1 over-refinement, pretentiousness, fussiness.
2 a frilly, showy, or pretentious object.
Etymology
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THESAURUS
chichi
affected, arabesque, baroque, brave, bravura, braw, busy, dandiacal, dandified, dandyish, daring, dashing, dressy, elaborate, elegant, exhibitionistic, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashing, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, foppish, frilly, frothy, fussy, gallant, gay, glittering, high-wrought, jaunty, jazzy, la-di-da, labored, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, ornate, ostentatious, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overnice, overrefined, overworked, overwrought, peacockish, peacocky, picturesque, precieux, pretentious, pretty-pretty, rakish, rich, rococo, showy, snazzy, splashy, splurgy, sporty, swank, ultrafashionable, ultrasmart, ultrastylish
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