à la modality
/ˌalamə(ʊ)ˈdalɪti/ /ˌaləmə(ʊ)ˈdalɪti/ /ˌɑːlɑːmə(ʊ)ˈdalɪti/(also alamodality, à-la-modality) rare before late 20th cent
noun
The quality of being à la mode; fashionableness, modishness.
- Now chiefly in historical fiction..
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Chambers's Cyclopaedia. From post-classical Latin alamodalitas from French à-la-mode + classical Latin -ālitās.