Word Study
posh
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective posh has 1 sense
- posh(s = adj.all) classy, swish - elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
posh, adj. & adv. colloq.
--adj.
1 smart; stylish.
2 of or associated with the upper classes (spoke with a posh accent).
--adv. in a stylish or upper-class way (talk posh; act posh).
--adj.
1 smart; stylish.
2 of or associated with the upper classes (spoke with a posh accent).
--adv. in a stylish or upper-class way (talk posh; act posh).
Idiom
posh up smarten up.
Derivative
poshly adv. poshness n.
Etymology
20th c.: perh. f. sl. posh a dandy: port out starboard home (referring to the more comfortable accommodation on ships to and from the East) is a later association and not the true origin
THESAURUS
posh
Babylonian, Corinthian, a la mode, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, braw, chic, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deluxe, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, exclusive, exquisite, extravagant, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel, glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, jaunty, lavish, luxurious, luxury, magnificent, majestic, modish, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, noble, opulent, palatial, plush, princely, proud, recherche, regal, rich, ritzy, royal, sharp, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, spruce, stately, style-conscious, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, tony, trendy, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed
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