alamode
English
Etymology
From à la mode.
Noun
alamode (countable and uncountable, plural alamodes)
- A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.
Adjective
alamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)
- Alternative form of a la mode
- 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:
- Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.
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- Alamode beef shops.
Adverb
alamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)
- Alternative form of a la mode