vogue
Plural: vogues
Noun
- the popular taste at a given time
- "leather is the latest vogue"
- a current state of general acceptance and use
- The prevailing fashion or style.
- Popularity or a current craze.
- A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
- A cigarette.
Verb
Verb Forms: vogued, voguing, vogueing, vogues
- To pose or strut in imitation of fashion models.
- To dance in the vogue dance style.
- To light a cigarette for (someone).
Examples
- He’d vogue with his victory dance after every Words With Friends win.
- Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.
- Miniskirts were the vogue in the '60s.
- Vogue me up.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way).
Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag.
The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.
Scrabble Score: 9
vogue: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvogue: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vogue: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary