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tonish

adj
/ˈtɒnɪʃ/UK

Etymology

From ton + -ish.

  1. derived from tonus
  2. borrowed from ton
  3. suffixed as tonish — “ton + ish”

Definitions

  1. Conforming to the "ton"

    Conforming to the "ton"; modish, stylish.

    • [H]is nephew, Rose, whose trite, settled, tonish emptiness of Discourse is a never failing source of Laughter and diversion.
    • She saw that his conversation, and his shoe-buckles, his manners, and his toupee, were all perfectly tonish; gems of the first water, in the regalia of fashion; and thought that, upon the whole, he was a husband that would do her credit.
    • I was engaged to dine in St Albans Street to meet my favourite Miss Cecilia Forrest, Mr and Mrs Broadhead, the Duke of Hamilton, Sir Watts Horton, and other tonish friends of my eldest sister's.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tonish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA