unchicadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈʃiːk/, U.S.

/ˌənˈʃik/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, chic adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + chic adj.

A. adj.

Not chic; lacking stylishness or elegance; unfashionable.

ΚΠ

1953 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 7 Dec. 4/2 Not only do I live on the unchic west side, but my street has the unfashionable word ‘West’ in its name.

1970 P. Moyes Who saw her Die? iii. 38 Poor old Mayfair has become desperately un-chic these days.

1994 Equinox Oct. 38/1 A remarkably unchic pair of oversize hip waders.

2008 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 22 Mar. l3 How to be cheap without becoming completely unchic?

B. n.

1. The fact or quality of being unchic or unfashionable; lack or absence of stylishness or elegance.With quot. 1988, cf. radical chic n. at radical adj. and n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1961 Bristol (Pa.) Daily Courier 17 July 7/6 The unchic of their dresses, the uncleverness of their makeup.

1975 Chicago Sept. 12/2 As far as Chicago is concerned, Hyde Park seems to be the essence of ‘unchic’.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. (Late City Final ed.) c35/1 In a hilariously tragic display of radical unchic, the egregiously counterculturist Hell's Angels were hired to handle security.

2009 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Feb. t1 The Don isn't a beautiful river by any means, except for connoisseurs of industrial unchic who get a melancholy twang from the straight-arrow channelling.

2. With the and plural agreement. Unchic or unfashionable people considered collectively or as a class.

ΚΠ

1975 N.Y. Mag. 28 Apr. 53/1 The radical unchic will break down her eight-foot-high office door, lacquered mercury gray.

1988 Times (Nexis) 20 Aug. The heavies were still there, keeping out the undesirables, the uninvited and the unchic.

2002 Internat. Labor & Working-class Hist. 62 The rescue worker victims revealed the continuing importance of ‘old immigrants’, who had been consigned by many to the oblivion of the past or the obscurity of the unchic.

Derivatives

unˈchicly adv.

ΚΠ

1973 Times 23 July 12/7 A short-sleeved blue tropical shirt with three pockets.., hanging unchicly outside my trousers.

1992 P. Collins Let. to Louise 41 I'm either hopelessly overdressed or unchicly casual.

1998 Film Q. Autumn 34 One dismisses the film out of hand as embarrassingly, unchicly spiritual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unchic
释义	unchicadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈʃiːk/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃik/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, chic adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + chic adj. A. adj. Not chic; lacking stylishness or elegance; unfashionable. ΚΠ 1953 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 7 Dec. 4/2 Not only do I live on the unchic west side, but my street has the unfashionable word ‘West’ in its name. 1970 P. Moyes Who saw her Die? iii. 38 Poor old Mayfair has become desperately un-chic these days. 1994 Equinox Oct. 38/1 A remarkably unchic pair of oversize hip waders. 2008 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 22 Mar. l3 How to be cheap without becoming completely unchic? B. n. 1. The fact or quality of being unchic or unfashionable; lack or absence of stylishness or elegance.With quot. 1988, cf. radical chic n. at radical adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1961 Bristol (Pa.) Daily Courier 17 July 7/6 The unchic of their dresses, the uncleverness of their makeup. 1975 Chicago Sept. 12/2 As far as Chicago is concerned, Hyde Park seems to be the essence of ‘unchic’. 1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. (Late City Final ed.) c35/1 In a hilariously tragic display of radical unchic, the egregiously counterculturist Hell's Angels were hired to handle security. 2009 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 28 Feb. t1 The Don isn't a beautiful river by any means, except for connoisseurs of industrial unchic who get a melancholy twang from the straight-arrow channelling. 2. With the and plural agreement. Unchic or unfashionable people considered collectively or as a class. ΚΠ 1975 N.Y. Mag. 28 Apr. 53/1 The radical unchic will break down her eight-foot-high office door, lacquered mercury gray. 1988 Times (Nexis) 20 Aug. The heavies were still there, keeping out the undesirables, the uninvited and the unchic. 2002 Internat. Labor & Working-class Hist. 62 The rescue worker victims revealed the continuing importance of ‘old immigrants’, who had been consigned by many to the oblivion of the past or the obscurity of the unchic. Derivatives unˈchicly adv. ΚΠ 1973 Times 23 July 12/7 A short-sleeved blue tropical shirt with three pockets.., hanging unchicly outside my trousers. 1992 P. Collins Let. to Louise 41 I'm either hopelessly overdressed or unchicly casual. 1998 Film Q. Autumn 34 One dismisses the film out of hand as embarrassingly, unchicly spiritual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1953
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