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[ adjective ] elegant and stylish
Examples "chic elegance" "a smart new dress" "a suit of voguish cut" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Nevertheless , Prokofieff was much influenced by Paris during the Twenties : the Paris which was the artistic center of the Western World - the social Paris to which Russian aristocracy migrated - the chic Paris which attracted the tourist dollars of rich America - the avant-garde Paris of Diaghileff , Stravinsky , Koussevitzky , Cocteau , Picasso - the laissez-faire Paris of Dadaism and ultramodern art - the Paris sympathique which took young composers to her bosom with such quick and easy enthusiasms . Related terms |
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[ noun ] elegance by virtue of being fashionable
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