with-itadj.
/ˈwɪðɪt/, U.S. /ˈwɪðᵻt/, /ˈwɪθᵻt/ slang.
Fashionable, up-to-date.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]
in (also into) request?1574
bonfacion1584
fashional?1607
of request1613
fashionablea1627
à la mode1642
all the mode1651
modish1661
in mode1664
timeish1676
of vogue1678
voguea1695
mody1701
alamodic1753
much the mode1767
tonish1778
go1784
stylish1800
bang-up1810
tippy1810
varmint1823
up to the knocker1844
gyvera1866
OK1869
fly1879
swagger1879
doggy1885
faddy1885
fantoosh1920
voguish1927
voguey1928
à la page1930
go1937
hard1938
hip1939
down1952
swinging1958
a-go-go1960
way-in1960
yé-yé1960
trendy1962
with-it1962
go-go1963
happening1965
mod1965
funky1967
together1968
fash1977
cred1987
1962 Listener 29 Nov. 909/2 Curtain designs for the really with-it ‘contemporary home’.
1963 K. Amis One Fat Englishman iii. 36 She was..several times more attractive than her with-it off-beat far-out co-religionist deserved.
1970 J. G. Vermandel Dine with Devil ix. 52 The with-it Mr. Angel enjoyed a more subtle turn of mind.
1977 J. I. M. Stewart Madonna of Astrolabe v. 94 The silly woman just thought it a with-it thing to say to a celebrated dramatist.
Derivatives
ˈwith-it-ness n.
ΘΚΠ
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
1963 Punch 22 May 752/1 The headlong rush of..social notabilities to win themselves the TW badge of with-it-ness.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 445 This has all paid off in terms of the audience ratings where the B.B.C. has been doing well in the last six months, winning the battle for the audience by its with-itness.
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adj.1962