Translation
style
Word origin
From Latin stilus, the pointed instrument used for writing on wax. The sense moved from the tool to the manner of writing and then to any manner at all. The spelling with a y is a Renaissance error caused by a false link to Greek stylos, a pillar.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- stilus
- English cognates
- style, stylus, stiletto
Examples
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She writes in a clear and simple style.
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Everyone has their own style.
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The building is built in an old style.
is the way a thing is done - in writing, in building, in dress. Keep it apart from , which is the way an individual behaves on a given occasion, and from , which is what happens to be fashionable this year. The adjective is stila, and something done with real style is stilplena.
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