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vogue (iou)



vogue noun, adjective, & verb. L16.
[French from Italian voga rowing, fashion, from vogare row, be going well.]
A. noun.
a. Natural bent or capacity. Only in L16.
b. General course or tendency; usual character or condition. E17-E18.
The principal place in popular esteem, the greatest currency or popular success. L16-L18.
a. The approval or favour of a class or group. E17-E18.
b. The current opinion or belief; the general report or rumour. E17-M18.
a. Popularity (esp. short-lived), popular use or currency. Freq. in in vogue, into vogue, out of vogue. E17.
R. Ford Travelling in a carriage with post-horses was brought into vogue by the Bourbons. C. Beaton Sagging tail coats,..the remnants of a military fashion that was still in vogue.
b. A prominent place in popular favour or fashion; a period of such favour, esp. a short-lived one. L17.
J. Barzun The medical use of hypnosis is enjoying a new vogue.
The prevailing fashion; a thing in (esp. short-lived) favour at a particular time. M17.
J. Galsworthy The days of her prime, when a drawl was all the vogue. C. Lambert Before the war he..created a vogue for the Russian ballet.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Fashionable, currently in vogue. Freq. in vogue word. M17.
C. verb. Pres. pple & verbal noun vogueing, voguing.
verb trans. Estimate or reckon as something; (foll. by down or up) extol or disparage (a thing). M17-E18.
verb intrans. [from the fashion magazine Vogue.] Perform a solo dance with movements reminiscent of a fashion model's posings and posturings. Freq. as vogueing, voguing verbal noun. L20.
voguer noun a person who vogues L20.
voguey adjective & noun (a) adjective = voguish; (b) noun (slang) a person aspiring to be fashionable, esp. one heavily influenced by the fashion magazine Vogue: E20.
voguish adjective that is in vogue or temporarily fashionable E20.