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well-fashioned

fash·ion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fash-uh n]
    • /wɛl ˈfæʃ.ən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fash-uh n]
    • /wɛl ˈfæʃ.ən/

Definitions of well-fashioned word

  • noun well-fashioned a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses. 1
  • noun well-fashioned conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., especially of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion. 1
  • noun well-fashioned manner; way; mode: in a warlike fashion. 1
  • noun well-fashioned the make or form of anything: He liked the fashion of the simple, sturdy furniture. 1
  • noun well-fashioned a kind; sort: All fashions of people make up the world. 1
  • noun well-fashioned Obsolete. workmanship. 1

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Origin of well-fashioned

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English facioun shape, manner < Anglo-French faço(u)n, façun, Old French faceon < Latin factiōn- (stem of factiō) a doing, company. See faction1

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Parts of speech for Well-fashioned

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

well-fashioned popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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