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chic
/ʃik/
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What does chic mean?
adjective
- Elegant, stylish.
noun
- Good form; style.
- A person with (a particular type of) chic.
More meanings (2)
noun
- A kind of ritual buffoon or clown in Yucatec Maya culture.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
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IPA pronunciation
/ʃik/
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She had a chic way of tossing her head to one side, and holding her arms as if for action—not listlessly.
“Yes,” she said, “they are not so silly as most of the things we have seen. They have no chic, and yet they are beautiful.”
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I only wish Mr. Witherspoon would introduce friends who had been head hunting in England, France, and Germany, countries not quite so CHIC as Sarawak, but more useful for general culture.