chichi

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chi·chi

(shē′shē)

adj. chi·chi·er, chi·chi·est

Ostentatiously stylish; deliberately chic.

Ostentatious stylishness.

[French.]

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chichi

(ˈʃiːˌʃiː)

adj

affectedly pretty or stylish

the quality of being affectedly pretty or stylish

[C20: from French]

chichi

(ˈtʃiːˌtʃiː)

(formerly, in India) n, pl chichis

(Peoples)

a. a person of mixed British and Indian descent; Anglo-Indian

b. (as modifier): a chichi accent.

[C18: perhaps from Hindi chhī-chhī, literally: dirt, or perhaps imitative of their supposed singsong speech]

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chi•chi

(ˈʃiˌʃi)

adj., n., pl. -chis. adj.

1. pretentiously elegant or trendy; ostentatious.

2. fashionable; smart.

3. a chichi person or thing.

4. chichi quality.

[1905–10; < French]

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Noun	1.	chichi - someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way dresser - a person who dresses in a particular way; "she's an elegant dresser"; "he's a meticulous dresser"
	2.	chichi - elegance by virtue of being fashionable chic, chicness, modishness, stylishness, swank, smartness, last word elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness - stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
Adj.	1.	chichi - affectedly trendy and fashionable stylish, fashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"

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chichi

[ˈʃiːʃiː] ADJ → afectado, cursi

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chichi

adj (inf) → todschick (inf), → auf schön gemacht (inf); dress etc → verspielt, niedlich

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I saw at Low's Harbour the Chilotans making chichi, or cider, with this fruit: so true is it, as Humboldt remarks, that almost everywhere man finds means of preparing some kind of beverage from the vegetable kingdom.

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The Soho I live in todaynot to be confused with the more chichi SoHo in Lower Manhattanis not the Soho I came to 20 years ago.

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