fashionist

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fashionist

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From fashion + -ist. Piecewise doublet of fashionista.

noun fashionists

  1. archaic fashionista (A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion) In the firſt place vve may conceive many of theſe ornaments vvere onely temporary, as uſed by the Fashioniſts of that age, vvhich, aftervvards diſuſed, both name and thing came to be aboliſhed. […] For inſtance, it vvould poſe a good Antiquary to deſcribe the exact faſhion of Herlots, Paltocks, Gits

    Similar: hipster, trendy, Corinthian, faddist, fashionable, fashionist, fashionista, hepcat, hepster, sophisto, snappy dresser, trendite

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@misc{fashionist_2026,
  title = {fashionist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fashionist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}