swellishadj.
/ˈswɛlɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈswɛlɪʃ/ colloquial.
Characteristic of or befitting a ‘swell’; stylish, dandified.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [adjective] > (characteristic of) member of
swell1810
swellish1820
1820 Sporting Mag. 7 144 The look of Williams was swellish in the extreme.
1856 in Brasenose Ale 133 Which ornament [sc. the moustache] (swellish, yet somewhat outré), Can be only assumed with the hood of B.A.
Derivatives
ˈswellishness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun]
fashionableness1640
à-la-modeness1669
modishness1676
à la modality1753
tonishness1780
style1807
stylishnessa1817
fashionability1840
swellishness1863
hep1899
hipness1937
coolness1951
hip1956
cool1962
hipdom1962
with-it-ness1963
funkiness1974
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of
fashion1604
mode1668
bon-ton1747
haut ton1801
swellism1840
West Endism1841
swellishness1863
toffishness1873
mundanity1892
swellness1894
1863 W. H. Knight Diary of Pedestrian in Cashmere & Thibet v. 186 One..group of Mahomedan exquisites..had, in addition to their heavy swellishness, an air of Eastern listlessness.
1890 J. Middlemass Two False Moves II. xiii. 198 The bigger the swell, the more money he expects to get for his swellishness and his title.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1820