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Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”) (compare semantic development to по́черк (póčerk, “handwriting, style”)), from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus. The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”). The verb is derived from the noun.

derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”
derived from stilus — “pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”
derived from stylus
derived from style
inherited from stile

Definitions

1
Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
- Thus while his Thoughts the lingring Day beguile, / To gentle Arcite let us turn our Style; [...]
2
A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
- May I not vvrite in such a ſtile as this? / In ſuch a method too, and yet not miſs / Mine end, thy good? vvhy may it not be done?
3
A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of…
A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
- This style was sometimes called Palladian from the fact of [Andrea] Palladio having fully developed and absorbed into his own system the styles of his great predecessors of the [Florentine] school, [...]
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1. To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
2. 5
  To call or give a name or title to.
  - The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
  - […] Donenald O-Neale, rovvſed out of his lurking holes, in his miſsiue letters vnto the Pope, ſtileth himſelfe King of Vlſter, and in right of inheritance, the vndoubted Heire of all Ireland.
  - One morning, about a fortnight after I had obtained my liberty, Reldresal, principal secretary (as they style him) for private affairs, came to my house attended only by one servant.
3. To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is…
  To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
4. To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.
5. The ship of characters Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski from the South Park series.

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A definitional loop anchored at style. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at style. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at style

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