/ʃik/
Translation
smart, stylish, chic; decent (of a person)
Word origin
The origin is disputed and the two usual accounts point in different directions.
Other proposed origins
- Most dictionaries take it from German Schick ('fitting order, skill'), from schicken ('to arrange'). (German, Schick)
- Others read it as a shortening of French chicane, in the sense of a lawyer's clever handling of a case. (French, chicane)
Grammar
Examples
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She is wearing a very smart dress.
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This restaurant is too posh for me.
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He was decent to us.
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Smartly dressed people were waiting at the door.
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Your hat is really stylish.
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