unmodish

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un- +‎ modish.

Adjective[edit]

unmodish (comparative more unmodish, superlative most unmodish)

  1. Not modish.
    • a. 1733 (date written), John Gay, “[Eclogues.] The Toilet. A Town Eclogue.”, in Thomas Park, editor, The Poetical Works of John Gay. [], volume III, London: [] [A]t the Stanhope Press, by C[harles] Whittingham; for John Sharpe, [], published 1812, →OCLC, page 63:
      Who there frequents at these unmodish hours, / But ancient matrons with their frizzled towers, / And grey religious maids?

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